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DUBAI: The family of former military dictator Pervez Musharraf has said that “significant medical, legal, and security challenges” need to be considered before making a decision regarding his return to Pakistan.
The retired general is suffering from amyloidosis — a rare disease in which an abnormal protein called amyloid builds up in organs and tissues throughout the body. His illness first came to light in 2018.
Musharraf, who had left the country for Dubai in 2016, had been hospitalised for the past few weeks. Since news of his frail condition was reported, PML-N bigwigs have signalled their willingness to allow his return.
In a statement via Musharraf’s official Twitter account on Saturday, the family said: “Communications have been received from official and unofficial channels that [Musharraf’s] return home will be facilitated. We sincerely appreciate these overtures since Pakistan is home.”
But, the family added that it had to consider “significant medical, legal and security challenges” in this regard.
“An uninterrupted supply and administration of experimental drug Daratumumab [is] needed alongside [the] associated treatment of amyloidosis that are currently not available in Pakistan,” the family added.
