BEIRUT, March 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday visited the residence of the late Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri and condoled his death with the members of his family.

The president offered fateha for the departed soul and expressed grief and sorrow and described Mr Hariri as his personal friend and a visionary personality. He said Mr Hariri's death was a loss for Lebanon, Pakistan and the Ummah.-APP