Pervez Musharraf

Published April 10, 2013

CHIEF OF ALL PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE 
Served in the elite Special Services Group 1966-1972
Chief of Army Staff October 1998
Overthrew Sharif’s government October 12, 1999
Becomes President of Pakistan June 2001
Carried out Lal Masjid operation July 2007
Suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry March 2007
Imposed a state of emergency November 3, 2007
Resigned from his position of army chief November, 2007
Lifted emergency December 15, 2007
Resigned from office August 18, 2008
Launched his political party (APML) 2010
Return to Pakistan March 24, 2013

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