Having orchestrated a successful 1999 coup, Pervez Musharraf's tenure as leader of Pakistan was marked by economic successes and military oversight.
abc.net.au/news/pakistan-musharraf-dies-in-exile/101933440Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai aged 79 after a long illness, Pakistan's army says.Mr Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup after the then-prime minister tried to dismiss him as army chief
Senior military chiefs "express heartfelt condolences on sad demise of General Pervez Musharraf", a brief statement released by the military's media wing said. "May Allah bless the departed soul and give strength to bereaved family." Mr Musharraf seized power in 1999 in a bloodless coup after then-prime minister Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss him as army chief, having appointed him above more senior officers a year earlier.
Mr Musharraf won a five-year term as president in a 2002 referendum, but reneged on promises to quit as army chief until late 2007.
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