Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been shifted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering a reaction from a rare disease that has weakened his nervous system, his party has said.
General (retd) Musharraf, 75, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is facing the treason case for suspending the Constitution in 2007, a punishable offence for which he was indicted in 2014
A conviction for high treason carries the death penalty or life imprisonment
"Due to amyloidosis, broken protein starts getting deposited in various organs," Siddiqui had said. "[As a result] Pervez Musharraf has difficulty in standing and walking."
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