Ex-Pakistan president Ishaq Khan dies

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Former Pakistani president Ghulam Ishaq Khan has died here after a protracted illness, his family said. "He was suffering from a lung infection," his son-in-law, Anwar Saifullah, told AFP Friday. Saifullah added he was 91 and the main cause of his death was his old age.

Ishaq Khan took over as president after the death of late military ruler General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq in a plane crash on August 17, 1988. He remained president until 1993. During his tenure he dissolved the governments of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in 1990, and Nawaz Sharif, in 1993, on different charges. His funeral is expected in the northwestern city of Peshawar late Friday, the family said. © 2006 AFP