The former leader – who was president between 2001 and 2008 – died in Dubai after a long illness, He had survived numerous assassination attempts, and found himself on the front line of the struggle between militant Islamists and the West.  General Pervez Musharraf NI HI TBt was a four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the federal government in 1999.

Although both Nawaz Sharif and General Jehangir Karamat were educated and held common beliefs concerning national security, problems arose with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Chief of Army Staff General Karamat in October 1998. While addressing the officers and cadets at the Naval War College, General Karamat promoted the creation of the National Security Council,

How was Musharraf removed?

The 2007 impeachment proceedings, which led to the imposition of emergency rule, were based upon the provisions prohibiting the President of Pakistan from holding “an office of profit” from the Pakistan Government. Pakistan’s ruling coalition, on August 16, gave Musharraf a Tuesday, August 19 deadline to resign.