Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf passes away

He died at the American Hospital in UAE's Dubai at the age of 79.

There is no communication if his body will be brought back to Pakistan.

Last year, Musharraf's family tweeted from his official account that "recovery is not possible".

The former Pakistan President was kept on a ventilator.

His organs were malfunctioning because of an ailment called amyloidosis.

Musharraf was accused of assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007 and was living in exile in Dubai for the last eight years.