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Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani military officer and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He also served as the 10th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 1998 to 2001 and the 7th Chief of Army Staff from 1998 to 2007.
Feb 5, 2023 · Pakistan's former president General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999, has died aged 79. The former leader - who was president between 2001 and 2008 - died in Dubai after a...
Jun 1, 2024 · Pervez Musharraf (born August 11, 1943, New Delhi, India—died February 5, 2023, Dubai, United Arab Emirates) was a Pakistani military officer who took power in a coup in 1999. He served as president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008.
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Feb 5, 2023 · Pervez Musharraf, the onetime military ruler of a nuclear-armed Pakistan who promised critical support for Washington’s campaign against Al Qaeda after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but faced...
Feb 5, 2023 · Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military ruler, died in exile on Sunday in Dubai at the age of 79 following a long illness. The late four-star general, who seized power in a bloodless coup ...
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Feb 5, 2023 · Musharraf, who seized power in a coup and later became an unlikely ally of the U.S. in the war on terror, died of amyloidosis in Dubai. He faced multiple challenges, including tensions with India, a nuclear proliferation scandal and Islamic extremist attacks.
Dec 17, 2019 · A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for treason over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule.
