Pervez Musharraf Dead

Ex-Pakistan President and Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf died today at the age of 79 at a hospital in Dubai after suffering from amyloidosis.

Former President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf (Retd), died aged 79 at a hospital in Dubai after a prolonged illness.

Pervez Musharraf, the four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1999, oversaw rapid economic growth and attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.

Mr Musharraf was the tenth president of the South Asian nation after the successful military coup in 1999. He served as the 10th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan (CJCSC) from 1998 to 2001 and the 7th top general from 1998 to 2007.

Pakistani human rights advocate Asma Jahangir has died, a family member said Sunday, in a blow to the country's embattled rights community. She was 66. The lawyer and former United Nations special rapporteur died of cardiac arrest, according to her sister

Pakistan's government said on Sunday it was trying to reopen talks with opposition groups after bloody overnight clashes between police and protesters outside the prime minister's residence left two dead and hundreds injured.

Gunmen killed Pakistan's lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto as he drove to court in the capital on Friday, throwing the case that also involves former ruler Pervez Musharraf into disarray.

A senior prosecutor handling the 26/11 Mumbai attack case and Benazir Bhutto assassination case was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the Pakistani capital today, police said.

Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said on Monday he was surprised Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad, just a short distance from capital Islamabad. He also termed the US strike against the Al Qaeda leader a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty."It does surprise me but I don't know the details. I don't know whether he was staying there or wa...

Ex-Pakistan President and Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf died today at the age of 79 at a hospital in Dubai after suffering from amyloidosis.

Former President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf (Retd), died aged 79 at a hospital in Dubai after a prolonged illness.

Pervez Musharraf, the four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1999, oversaw rapid economic growth and attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.

Mr Musharraf was the tenth president of the South Asian nation after the successful military coup in 1999. He served as the 10th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan (CJCSC) from 1998 to 2001 and the 7th top general from 1998 to 2007.

Pakistani human rights advocate Asma Jahangir has died, a family member said Sunday, in a blow to the country's embattled rights community. She was 66. The lawyer and former United Nations special rapporteur died of cardiac arrest, according to her sister

Pakistan's government said on Sunday it was trying to reopen talks with opposition groups after bloody overnight clashes between police and protesters outside the prime minister's residence left two dead and hundreds injured.

Gunmen killed Pakistan's lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto as he drove to court in the capital on Friday, throwing the case that also involves former ruler Pervez Musharraf into disarray.

A senior prosecutor handling the 26/11 Mumbai attack case and Benazir Bhutto assassination case was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the Pakistani capital today, police said.

Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said on Monday he was surprised Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad, just a short distance from capital Islamabad. He also termed the US strike against the Al Qaeda leader a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty."It does surprise me but I don't know the details. I don't know whether he was staying there or wa...