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2006:
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An hour with President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
with Pervez Musharraf on Sep 25, 2006
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with Pervez Musharraf on Sep 25, 2006
Pervez Musharraf is the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army and fourth in the series of Military Dictators who have ruled Pakistan for 31 years in its 59 year history.
Musharraf took power on October 12, 1999 after a bloodless coup d’état ousting Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister, and declared himself President on June 20, 2001.
From April to June 1999, Pakistan and India were involved in the Kargil Conflict which was planned and executed while General Pervez Musharraf was Pakistan’s Army chief. Ex-CENTCOM Commander Anthony Zinni, and ex-PM Nawaz Sharif, state that it was the General who requested Sharif to withdraw the Pakistani troops, whereas Musharraf claims that the decision was made by Sharif, who was under United States pressure. Sharif placed the onus of the Kargil attacks squarely on the army chief Pervez Musharraf.
