‘I met him at UN, found him…’: Shashi Tharoor, Pak leaders remember Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War, ruled the country for nine years with an iron fist during which he also tried to project himself as a progressive Muslim leader.
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former military ruler, died in Dubai on Sunday morning aged 79 after a long illness, the army said Sunday. Musharraf seized power in a 1999 bloodless coup, ruling as "chief executive" when the 9/11 attacks on the United States took place, before becoming president in 2001.
Expressing condolences, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said Musharraf was smart, engaging and clear in his strategic thinking.
"'Pervez Musharraf, Former Pakistani President, Dies of Rare Disease': once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace 2002-2007. I met him annually in those days at the @un &found him smart, engaging & clear in his strategic thinking. RIP," Tharoor tweeted.
Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War, ruled the country for nine years with an iron fist during which he also tried to project himself as a progressive Muslim leader.
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Senior military chiefs "express heartfelt condolences on sad demise of General Pervez Musharraf", a brief statement released by the military's media wing said. "May Allah bless the departed soul and give strength to bereaved family."
President Arif Alvi expressed his grief as he offered his condolences to the bereaved family, the President’s secretariat said in a press release.
The president also prayed for the high ranks of the departed soul and for the bereaved family to bear the loss with fortitude.
In a series of tweets, Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani expressed deep sorrow over the former president’s death and extended condolences to the grieving family.
“May God grant the deceased a high rank and give patience to the family,” he added.
PTI leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry said Musharraf was a “great person” whose ideology was to always keep Pakistan the first.
Born in a middle-class family of Urdu-speaking Mohajir parents in Delhi, Musharraf later migrated to Pakistan after the Partition in 1947. He spent his final years in self-exile in the UAE battling a rare disease. He died in the Gulf country after a prolonged illness on Sunday.
