Former president of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf (retd) has been admitted to hospital owing to serious health issues on Monday. Pervez Musharraf left for Dubai in 2016 to "seek medical treatment" and has not returned to the country since.

According to the medical reports, the former president is suffering from heart problem and having blood pressure issue. He was booked in the treason case in December 2013 and was indicted for high treason by a special court in March 2014.

The lawyer of the former president, during the hearing of the case, had said that his client is having severe health issues and will return to the country when he will feel good and doctors advise him to travel. The special court in a November 19 decision had reserved the verdict in the case, which was scheduled to be announced on November 28.

Copyright Independent News Pakistan, 2019