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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...
Pervez Musharraf [a] (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani General 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.
- Drawn in by 9/11
- 'With Us Or Against Us'
- U.S.-Pakistan: A Loveless Marriage
- Fled Westward
- Attempt to Remove Top Judge
Musharraf's family announced in June 2022 that he had been hospitalized for weeks while suffering from amyloidosis, an incurable condition that sees proteins build up in the body's organs. "Going through a difficult stage where recovery is not possible and organs are malfunctioning," the family said. They later said he also needed access to the dru...
By Sept. 12, then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told Musharraf that Pakistan would either be "with us or against us." Musharraf said another American official threatened to bomb Pakistan "back into the Stone Age" if it chose the latter. Musharraf chose the former. A month later, he stood by then-President George W. Bush at the Waldorf Astori...
"After 9/11, then President Musharraf made a strategic shift to abandon the Taliban and support the U.S. in the war on terror, but neither side believes the other has lived up to expectations flowing from that decision," a 2009 U.S. cable from then-Ambassador Anne Patterson published by WikiLeaks said, describing what had become the diplomatic equi...
Born Aug. 11, 1943, in New Delhi, India, Musharraf was the middle son of a diplomat. His family joined millions of other Muslims in fleeing westward when predominantly Hindu India and Islamic Pakistan split during independence from Britain in 1947. The partition saw hundreds of thousands of people killed in riots and fighting. Musharraf entered the...
In March 2007, fearing the judiciary would block his continued rule, Musharraf ordered the chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court to resign, triggering mass demonstrations. Under pressure at home and abroad to restore civilian rule, Musharraf stepped down as army chief later that year. Though he won another five-year presidential term, Musharraf...
Feb 5, 2023 · Pakistan’s former President General Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai after a prolonged illness at Dubai American Hospital, according to a statement from the Pakistani military. He was 79...
Feb 5, 2023 · He was 79. His death, in a hospital, where he was being treated for a long, unspecified illness, was confirmed by Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza, the head of the joint chiefs of staff of the...
Feb 5, 2023 · Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf has died at a hospital in Dubai after a prolonged illness, military sources confirmed to Al Jazeera on Sunday. He was 79. Musharraf, a four-star...
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Feb 5, 2023 · Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former president, died at age 79 in Dubai on Sunday after a long illness, according to a statement by the Pakistani military.
