Like a Shakespearean tragedy, the final chapter of General Pervez Musharraf’s reign began with an echo of the original sin of its first pages: the October 1999 coup by which he overthrew Nawaz Sharif, ...

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General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup in Pakistan and supported the U.S. in the post 9/11 war on terror, died in Dubai on Feb. 5 after a long illness. He was 79. In June 2022, ...

Pakistanis watch a broadcast of President Pervez Musharraf addressing the nation at a restaurant in Karachi on Aug. 18ASIF HASSAN / AFP / Getty Nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless ...

Newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, left, arrives at the Prime Minister''s house to review guards of honor in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Sharif took office ...

The Islamabad High Court on Saturday accepted an application for hearing filed by the country’s former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf against his trial for high treason in a civilian court ...

ISLAMABAD – President General Musharraf will resign as army chief if he wins re-election as president, a government lawyer said today, in the first clear official announcement that General Musharraf ...

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, center, surrounded by guards, reacts while walking toward the court room to face legal charges in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, March 29, 2013. Musharraf, who ...

As police and the military used tear gas to suppress a protest by thousands of lawyers in Pakistan’s largest cities, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto spoke to TIME about the imposition of martial law ...

Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan leader who provided crucial support to the U.S.-led war on terror following the 9/11 attacks, has died at 79, the Pakistan military ...