Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79 | Harwich and Manningtree Standard
The general became president through the last of a string of military coups in Pakistan.
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The general became president through the last of a string of military coups in Pakistan.
The general seized power in a 1999 bloodless coup.
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, officials said Sunday. He was 79.
ISLAMABAD - Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan again
General Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan, has passed away at the age of 79 in a hospital in Dubai.