Pervez Musharraf
Pakistan 'anti-corruption' cleric to boycott elections
Mar 19, 2013 07:25 EDT
A populist Pakistani cleric who has generated mass protests to demand sweeping political reform will boycott the forthcoming general elections, he told AFP.
Pakistan MPs demand Musharraf arrest on arrival
Mar 18, 2013 09:53 EDT
Pakistani lawmakers on Monday repeated their call for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to be arrested and tried for treason on his return home from self-imposed exile in Dubai.
Musharraf vows return to contest Pakistan elections
Mar 01, 2013 09:34 EST
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said Friday he would return home within weeks to contest elections after nearly five years in self-imposed exile, but did not set a specific date.
Musharraf says to return to Pakistan in weeks
Mar 01, 2013 07:51 EST
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Friday announced he would return home within weeks to contest elections after nearly five years in self-imposed exile, but did not set a specific date.
China takes over Pakistan port from Singapore
Feb 18, 2013 13:17 EST
China took control Monday of a strategic Pakistani port on the Arabian Sea, as part of a drive to secure energy and maritime routes that also gives it a potential naval base, sparking Indian concern.
Pakistan port integral to China maritime expansion
Feb 17, 2013 00:59 EST
China's acquisition of a strategic port in Pakistan is the latest addition to its drive to secure energy and maritime routes and gives it a potential naval base in the Arabian Sea, unsettling India.
Qadri: cleric calling for Pakistan 'revolution'
Jan 16, 2013 08:27 EST
Tahir-ul Qadri, the cleric who for days has led tens of thousands of protesters outside Pakistan's parliament, is hailed as a saviour by his followers but a dangerous demagogue by his detractors.
Bhutto's son launches political career on death anniversary
Dec 27, 2012 16:04 EST
The son of Pakistan's slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto launched his political career Thursday on the anniversary of his mother's death, vowing to continue her fight for democracy.
Bhutto's son launches political career
Dec 27, 2012 09:30 EST
The son of Pakistan's slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto launched his political career Thursday on the anniversary of his mother's death, vowing to continue her fight for democracy.
Pakistan marks five years since Bhutto murder
Dec 27, 2012 04:02 EST
Vast crowds gathered on Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, and to witness her son launch his own political career.
Pakistan to mark five years since Bhutto murder
Dec 27, 2012 00:32 EST
Pakistan marks the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, with her son expected to launch his political career with a speech in the family's ancestral home town.
Pakistan to mark five years since Bhutto murder
Dec 26, 2012 22:32 EST
Pakistan Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, with her son expected to launch his political career with a speech in the family's ancestral home town.
Pakistan judge to probe 2007 mosque raid
Dec 04, 2012 09:27 EST
Pakistan's top court on Tuesday appointed a judge to investigate an army assault on a radical mosque in the capital in 2007 that opened the floodgates on a Taliban uprising, a lawyer said.
Musharraf calls for India, Pakistan to 'bury the hatchet'
Nov 17, 2012 13:16 EST
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that his country and rival India need to "bury the hatchet" and settle their differences to reduce poverty and ease tensions in the region.
Pakistan govt backs down in president graft case
Sep 18, 2012 11:30 EDT
The Pakistani government Tuesday backed down in a long-running legal wrangle over corruption allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari that has already cost one prime minister his job.
Pakistan urged to 'urgently' protect Shiites
Sep 06, 2012 07:41 EDT
Pakistan should "urgently act" to protect minority Shiite Muslims from rising sectarian attacks by the rival Sunni sect that have killed hundreds this year, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
No end in sight for Pakistan's energy crisis
Aug 08, 2012 12:04 EDT
India may claim the world's biggest blackout, but in neighbouring Pakistan an endemic energy crisis blamed on years of mismanagement cripples the economy and makes millions of lives a daily misery.
Study says Pakistan must revamp police
Jul 21, 2012 17:09 EDT
Faced with mounting violence, Pakistan needs to push ahead reforms of its police force, which lacks the training, equipment and political will to be effective, a new study said.
Musharraf 'murdered my mother,' says Bhutto son
May 24, 2012 19:06 EDT
The son of slain Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto said Thursday that ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf "murdered my mother," as he vowed to play a bigger political role in his homeland "in any way I can."
Pakistan restores access to Twitter
May 21, 2012 00:30 EDT
Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Pervez Musharraf پرویز مشرّف | |
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| In office 20 June 2001 – 18 August 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz Muhammad Mian Soomro Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Mian Soomro (Acting) |
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| In office 12 October 1999 – 21 November 2002 | |
| President | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Preceded by | Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Zafarullah Khan Jamali (Prime Minister) |
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| In office 06 October 1998 – 28 November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jehangir Karamat |
| Succeeded by | Ashfaq Parvez Kayani |
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| Born | 11 August 1943 Delhi, British India |
| Political party | PML-Q |
| Profession | Military (General) |
| Religion | Islam |
