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Pervez Musharraf: A look at the life of Pakistan’s former President
Early years
Musharraf was born in Delhi in August 1943. Following India’s partition at the end of British rule in 1947, his family shifted to Pakistan. He spent seven years in Turkey, during his civil servant father’s posting to the capital city of Ankara. In 1956, the family settled in Karachi, where Musharraf attended Roman Catholic and other Christian schools. He also attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.
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Musharraf joined the Pakistan Military Academy at the age of 18 and was part of the forces during the 1965 war with India. He was also part of the 1971 war that ended with the creation of Bangladesh, which was then part of Pakistan and called East Pakistan.
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Musharraf served
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Pervez Musharraf
Syed Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani politician and Four-star general of the Pakistan Army. He was a military dictator and the tenth President of Pakistan from 20 June 2001 to 18 August 2008, when he resigned to avoid impeachment. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Pakistan as well as Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army.[1] He took over power in Pakistan in 1999, by removing the elected government of Nawaz Sharif.[2]
He has charged with multiple murders in April 2013 and was given bail in October 2013. Then he was arrested again. In 2019, Musharraf was sentenced to death in absentia over his treason charges.[3][4][2]
Syed Pervez Musharraf was born on 11 August 1943 in Delhi, British India. Musharraf was raised in Karachi and Istanbul. He studied mathematics at Forman Christian College in Lahore and was also educated at the Royal College of Defence Studies in the Un
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Pervez Musharraf: The Pakistani ex-president’s chequered legacy
When asked in a 2014 Al Jazeera interview if he had any regrets from his time in leadership, former Pakistan army chief and President Pervez Musharraf emphatically said “not at all”.
“I did so much for Pakistan … I did so much for my country and my people,” the four-star general asserted, a sentiment he would continue to express in later years.
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end of listBut for many Pakistanis, Musharraf, whose death after a prolonged illness was announced on Sunday, leaves behind a grim legacy – defined in large part bygd human rights abuses and the US-led so-called “war on terror”.
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