Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s funeral prayers to be offered at Malir Cantt’s Polo Ground
KARACHI: Former president and military leader General (retd) Pervez Musharraf can be laid to rest in Karachi nowadays (Tuesday) after his funeral prayers, set to be held at Malir Cantonment’s Polo Ground.
The funeral prayers could be offered at 1:45pm after Zuhr.
Musharraf’s mortal remains have been repatriated to Pakistan from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) thru a special jet final night time after numerous flight delays at some stage in the day.
Before being airlifted to Karachi, the frame was given a ghusl (ritual washing and shrouding of the deceased ahead of burial) in Sonapur, Dubai, wherein he breathed his ultimate on the age of seventy nine.
The widow of the ex-navy leader and their youngsters also reached Pakistan with the frame to provide the final rites of the deceased.
Upon arrival, the aircraft turned into parked close to the vintage terminal at the airport. The body and the aggrieved circle of relatives have been then taken to their vacation spot from the old terminal underneath tight safety.
The bereaved own family formally approached Pakistan’s consulate in Dubai on Sunday, in search of permission to shift the body.
The former president’s mother became buried in Dubai whilst his father was laid to relaxation in Karachi.
Musharraf exceeded away on Sunday. He had been below treatment for amyloidosis on the American Hospital in Dubai for a long term.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif, and other politicians had prayed for the ex-president’s forgiveness. The former president had no longer back to the u . S . Due to the fact that 2016.
