Pervez Musharraf

• Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s martial ruler who aided U.S. in 9/11 wars, dies

  Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died.

  World

  Feb 5
  
• Former dictator Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death in Pakistan

  Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president until 2008, is out of the country and did not comment

  Crime

  Dec 17, 2019
  
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• Ex-Pakistan president says country’s intelligence used terrorist group to attack India

  Terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed has been at the centre of recent tensions between India and Pakistan.

  World

  Mar 7, 2019
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• Report: Ex-Pakistan leader’s emergency act illegal

  Pakistan's main federal investigative agency has "irrefutable proof" that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf illegally declared a state of emergency in 2007, according to a report it released Wednesday.

  World

  May 14, 2014
• Musharraf survives assassination attempt in Pakistan

  A Pakistani police official says a bomb exploded near a convoy carrying former President Pervez Musharraf in the capital of Islamabad but the former ruler was not harmed.

  World

  Apr 3, 2014
• Pakistan’s Musharraf taken to hospital, not court

  Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf was rushed to the hospital on Thursday with a "heart problem" he experienced while on his way to a court hearing in a high treason case.

  World

  Jan 2, 2014
• Pakistan’s former president to be tried for treason; could face death penalty

  Musharraf would be the first military ruler tried for treason in a country that has experienced three military coups in its 66-year history.

  World

  Nov 17, 2013
• Pakistan frees Musharraf from house arrest

  Pakistan has freed former President Pervez Musharraf from his months-long house arrest, days after he received bail in a case related to the death of a radical cleric, a prison official said Thursday.

  World

  Nov 7, 2013
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• Pakistani court denies bail for Musharraf in case connected to Bhutto assassination

  A Pakistani court on Wednesday rejected bail for ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case connected to the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, a government prosecutor said.

  World

  Apr 25, 2013
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• Pakistan’s interim gov’t not filing treason charges against Musharraf

  Pakistan's caretaker government told the Supreme Court on Monday it will leave the decision to file treason charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to the winner of the upcoming election.

  World

  Apr 22, 2013