Pervez Musharraf information

General Pervez Musharraf NI(M) HI(M) TBt
پرویز مشرف
Musharraf in 2008
10th President of Pakistan
In office 20 June 2001 – 18 August 2008
Prime Minister	See list Zafarullah Khan Jamali Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz Muhammad Mian Soomro (caretaker) Yusuf Raza Gilani
Preceded by	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Succeeded by	Muhammad Mian Soomro (acting)
Chief Executive of Pakistan
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)
Minister of Defence
In office 12 October 1999 – 23 October 2002
Preceded by	Nawaz Sharif
Succeeded by	Rao Sikandar Iqbal
10th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 8 October 1998 – 7 October 2001
Preceded by	Jehangir Karamat
Succeeded by	Aziz Khan
7th Chief of Army Staff
In office 6 October 1998 – 29 November 2007
President	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Himself
Prime Minister	See list Nawaz Sharif Zafarullah Khan Jamali Shaukat Aziz Muhammad Mian Soomro (caretaker)
Preceded by	Jehangir Karamat
Succeeded by	Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Personal details
Born	Syed Pervez Musharraf (1943-08-11)11 August 1943 Delhi, British India
Died	5 February 2023(2023-02-05) (aged 79) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Resting place	Army Graveyard, Karachi, Pakistan
Citizenship	British subject (until 1947) Pakistan (after 1947)
Political party	All Pakistan Muslim League
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Spouse	Sehba ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy Command and Staff College National Defence University RCDS
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz Hilal-i-Imtiaz Tamgha-e-Basalat Order of King Abdulaziz Order of Zayed
Military service
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1964–2007
Rank	General
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	I Corps Special Services Group Director General, military operations 40th Division
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani Wars War of 1965 War of 1971 Siachen conflict Kargil War Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) 1999 Pakistani coup d'état 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff War on Terror Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Pervez Musharraf^[a] (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani military officer and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He also served as the 10th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 1998 to 2001 and the 7th Chief of Army Staff from 1998 to 2007.

Born in Delhi, Musharraf was raised in Karachi and Istanbul. He studied at the Forman Christian College in Lahore and the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom. Musharraf entered the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, in 1961 and was commissioned into the artillery regiment of the Pakistan Army in 1964.^[1] He saw action during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 as a second lieutenant. By the 1980s, he was commanding an artillery brigade. In the 1990s, Musharraf was promoted to major general and assigned an infantry division, and later commanded the Special Services Group. Soon after, he also served as deputy military secretary and director general of military operations. He played an active role in the Afghan Civil War, encouraging Pakistani support for the Taliban.

Musharraf became the head of the armed forces in 1998 when he was promoted to four-star general by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He led the Kargil infiltration that brought India and Pakistan to a war in 1999. After months of contentious relations between Sharif and Musharraf, Sharif unsuccessfully attempted to remove Musharraf as the army's leader. In retaliation, the army staged a coup d'état in 1999, which allowed Musharraf to take over Pakistan as president in 2001. He subsequently placed Sharif under strict house arrest before launching official criminal proceedings against him. Musharraf initially remained the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of Army Staff, relinquishing the former position upon confirmation of his presidency. However, he remained the Army Chief until retiring in 2007. The initial stages of his presidency featured controversial wins in a state referendum to grant him a five-year term limit, and a general election in 2002. During his presidency, he advocated for the Third Way, adopting a synthesis of conservatism and socialism. Musharraf reinstated the constitution in 2002, though it was heavily amended within the Legal Framework Order. He appointed Zafarullah Jamali and later Shaukat Aziz as prime minister, and oversaw directed policies against terrorism, becoming a key player in the American-led war on terror.

Musharraf pushed for social liberalism under his enlightened moderation program and promoted economic liberalisation, while he also banned trade unions. Musharraf's presidency coincided with a rise of overall gross domestic product by around 50%; in the same period, domestic savings declined, and economic inequality rose at a rapid rate. Musharraf's government has also been accused of human rights abuses, and he survived a number of assassination attempts during his presidency. When Aziz departed as prime minister, and after approving the suspension of the judicature in 2007, Musharraf's position weakened dramatically. Musharraf resigned in 2008 to avoid impeachment and emigrated to London in a self-imposed exile. His legacy as leader is mixed; he saw the emergence of a more assertive middle class, but his open disregard for civilian institutions greatly weakened democracy in Pakistan.

Musharraf returned to Pakistan in 2013 to participate in that year's general election, but was disqualified from participating after the country's high courts issued arrest warrants for him and Aziz for their alleged involvement in the assassinations of Nawab Akbar Bugti and Benazir Bhutto. Upon Sharif's re-election in 2013, he initiated high treason charges against Musharraf for implementing emergency rule and suspending the constitution in 2007. The case against Musharraf continued after Sharif's removal from office in 2017, the same year in which Musharraf was declared an "absconder" in the Bhutto assassination case by virtue of moving to Dubai. In 2019, Musharraf, in absentia, was sentenced to death for the treason charges, but the death sentence was later annulled by the Lahore High Court. Musharraf died in Dubai in 2023 after suffering from a prolonged case of amyloidosis.

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