ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai aged 79 after a long illness, the army said Sunday.Musharraf seized power in a 1999 bloodless...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai aged 79 after a long illness, the army said Sunday.Musharraf seized power in a 1999 bloodless coup, ruling as 'chief executive' when the 9/11 attacks on the United States took place, before becoming president in 2001.He was America's chief regional ally during its invasion of neighboring Afghanistan, but resigned in 2008 and was forced into exile after a backlash over his constitutional overreach.
In more than seven years in office, Musharraf oversaw a stint of economic growth while dodging at least three assassination attempts.Musharraf seized the presidential office in 2001, shoring his power up in a 2002 referendum questioned by opponents. But he reneged on promises to quit as army chief until late 2007.His easygoing charm also failed to mask the blurring of the division between the state and army, and he fell out of favor after trying to sack the chief justice.
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