Former chief of army staff, President Pervez Musharraf has passed away at American Hospital in UAE after a prolonged illness.

Pervez Musharraf had been undergoing treatment for an ailment at an American Hospital Dubai, reports added.

Pervez Musharraf, former president general (retd), on Sunday died in a Dubai hospital, Geo News reported citing sources. He was 79. Musharraf had been undergoing treatment for an ailment at an American Hospital Dubai, the report added.

Musharraf was born on August 11, 1943, in Delhi and completed his early education at St Patrick's High School in Karachi. The former president pursued higher education at Forman Christian College in Lahore.

Musharraf has been declared a fugitive in the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto murder case and Red Mosque cleric killing case. The former president, living in Dubai since 2016, was facing the treason case for suspending the Constitution in 2007.

The former military ruler had left for Dubai in March 2016 for medical treatment and had not returned since.

Musharraf had been hospitalised due to complications arising of the medical condition he is suffering from called amyloidosis, his family had informed in a Twitter message.

A rare disease, amyloidosis leads to abnormal deposition of some forms of proteins in various body tissues leading to organ damage.