Explanation
- Pervez Musharraf became the 10th President
- He was sworn in on June 20, 2001
- He served as president from 2001 to 2008
Additional information
Know everything about Musharraf
Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)
Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)
Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998
Appointer: Nawaz Sharif
Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)
In 2006, titled In the Line of Fire was published.
In March 2007, the then-chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was suspended.
State of emergency on November 3, 2007.
Resigned from: the army chief in November 2007
Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani
Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.
In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).
He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016
On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)
Died: 5 February 2023
Dying place: Dubai, UAE
Disease: amyloidosis
Aged: 79
Buried: Karachi
Last updated by NS 19 April 2026