By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Ghaida Ghantous

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the campaign against al Qaeda following the militant group’s Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, died in Dubai on Sunday after a prolonged illness.

He was 79.

Musharraf, a former four-star general who seized power after a 1999 military coup, died in hospital in Dubai, where he was living in self-imposed exile since 2016.

 His body will be flown to Pakistan for burial on Monday, Geo News reported.

Source: Reuters

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