A spokeswoman for the Pakistani Consulate in Dubai confirmed his death to The Associated Press. While his cause of death wasn't immediately clear, he was hospitalized last year in Dubai with an ...

A top ruling party official on Saturday gave Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a two-day deadline to quit or face impeachment proceedings. Musharraf's allies insisted he was not stepping down and ...

Like a Shakespearean tragedy, the final chapter of General Pervez Musharraf’s reign began with an echo of the original sin of its first pages: the October 1999 coup by which he overthrew Nawaz Sharif, ...

Last November, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bipartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., brought together more than two dozen former high-level United States government ...

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, left, arrives with newly appointed army chief General Ashfaq Kayani for the change-of-command ceremony in RawalpindiAamir Qureshi / AFP / Getty “He may be ...

Though he came to power via a bloodless coup, Pervez Musharraf pledged to steer Pakistan towards a more democratic future. Guided by a fierce authoritain streak, he sometimes jailed or exiled those ...

Osama bin Laden may not have the religious authority to issue a fatwa, but for some in Pakistan, his declaration of war against President Pervez Musharraf carries the same weight as a papal ...

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pervez Musharraf always considered himself first and foremost a soldier, a onetime commando who believed he could shoot his way out of almost any fight. Not this time. But the ...

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected president and will be sworn in for a new term as a civilian, his lawyer told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf threw his nation into turmoil this week when he abruptly declared a state of emergency, suspended the constitution, and arrested thousands of political opponents, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military ruler, died Sunday in Dubai at the age of 79 after a long illness. The Pakistan ...