Although Admiral Aziz Mirza ( a life-long friend of Musharraf shared the dorm with the admiral in 1960s and graduated together from the academy ) was appointed by Prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Mirza remained extremely supportive to Musharraf's coup and was also a close friend of Musharraf since 1971 when both participate in an joint operations against Indian Army.

* 18 June-The government announces that Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf is expected in India on July 14 for a landmark summit with Indian leaders.

Currently the President of Infotainment Television, Thapar is noted for his aggressive interviews with leading politicians and celebrities-his interviews with cricketer Kapil Dev, Narendra Modi, George Fernandes, J. Jayalalithaa, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, General Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, Arun Jaitley, Ram Jethmalani, U. S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and The Dalai Lama are particularly well remembered.

During his visit to India, President Pervez Musharraf had renewed Pakistan's claim to the house which the president had suggested to Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee should be given to Pakistan so that it could be turned into a consulate.

During his visit to India, then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had suggested to the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that the house be given to Pakistan so that it could be turned into a consulate.

In October 1999, after the Kargil War ended with the unconditional withdrawal of the Pakistani forces from the Indian controlled peaks, the Pakistan Army overthrew a democratically elected government for the fourth time, resulting in additional sanctions being applied against Pakistan, leading to General Pervez Musharraf coming to power in a bloodless coup.

* 24 May-The government extends an offer of talks on Kashmir to Pakistani ruler General Pervez Musharraf but ends India's six-month unilateral ceasefire in the disputed region.

Musharraf began a further five year term as President of Pakistan.

" The video further threatens U. S. President George W. Bush and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.

Writers like Ghazanfer and Musharraf Alam Zauqi have further widened the horizons of new themes and concerned.

On October 15, Musharraf ended emerging hopes of a quick transition to democracy after he declared state of emergency, suspended the Constitution, and assumed power as Chief Executive.

* Imran Khan, former captain of Pakistan cricket team and chairman of Pakistan Movement of Justice ( PTI ) was placed under house arrest at the declaration of a state of emergency by Chief of Army Staff General Pervaz Musharraf on November 3, 2007.

Titled the PPP-PML summit declaration, the joint declaration both parties agreed on the reinstatement of judges deposed during the emergency rule imposed on 3 November 2007 by General Pervez Musharraf within 30 days after the new federal government was formed.

On 3 November 2007, just before the end of his presidential term, Musharraf declared a state of emergency and de facto martial law.

About these performances, Ahmad said ; “ I dedicate these performances to the Pakistan lawyers movement for the restoration of the Supreme Court judges and independence of the judiciary as well as Pakistan's civil society, media, students and rights activists who have heroically protested against the Musharraf government's illegal action of imposing emergency in Pakistan .”

On November 3, 2007, President Musharraf suspended Pakistan's constitution by declaring a state of emergency.

On Saturday, 3 November 2007, General Pervez Musharraf, who was the President and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan at the time, declared a state of emergency and suspended the nation's constitution and parliament at the same time.

* Musharraf declared Hamid Mir a Taliban sympathizer after the emergency rule of 2007 and banned him from Geo TV for more than four months.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf send more troops against the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan | United Front of Ahmad Shah Massoud than the Afghan Taliban.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf – then as Chief of Army Staff – was responsible for sending thousands of Pakistanis to fight alongside the Taliban and Bin Laden against the United Front.

On April 29, 2006, former Balochistan Chief Minister Taj Muhammad Jamali offered to arranged a meeting between President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and a loya jirga ( grand jirga ) for peace in Balochistan.

After accepting the rulings of the Supreme Court, Musharraf became the first president for holding general elections nationwide, based on the rulings of the supreme court.

After departing, Musharraf currently in self-exile in London but has vowed to return for the next election.

Musharraf and his family left for Pakistan on one of the last safe trains in August 1947, a few days before the partition of India took effect.

The next day, Musharraf along with PQ Mehdi and Mirza, reported to PMA and thay were selected for their respecteive training in their arms of commission.

During the war, Musharraf developed a reputation for sticking to his post under shellfire.

In 1993-95, Major-General Musharraf worked closely with the Chief of Army Staff as Director-General of Pakistan Army's Directorate General for the Military Operations ( DGMO ).

Sharif and Musharraf dispute on who was responsible for the Kargil conflict and Pakistan's withdrawal.

Musharraf had left for a weekend trip to take part in Sri Lanka's Army's 50th-anniversary celebrations.

The senior military appointments in the inter-services were extremely important and crucial for Musharraf to keep the legitimacy and the support for his coup in the joint inter-services.

As oppose to tradition military dictators, Musharraf called for hold a nationwide political elections in the country after accepting the ruling of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf – then as Chief of Army Staff – was responsible for sending thousands of Pakistanis to fight alongside the Taliban and Bin Laden against the forces of Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Army chief Pervez Musharraf takes control of government as Prime Minister of Pakistan ; he would dominate Pakistan's political leadership for nine years.

In December 2007, Karzai and his delegates travelled to Islamabad, Pakistan, for a usual meeting with Pervez Musharraf on trade ties and intelligence sharing between the two Islamic states.

Vajpayee again broke the ice in the Indo-Pak relations by inviting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to Delhi and Agra for a joint summit and peace talks.

He claimed in an interview with ABC News that the Pakistan Government, under Shaukat Aziz, and President Pervez Musharraf forced him to be a " scapegoat " for the " national interest ".

In Pakistan, ruling Generals Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ( 1977 – 1988 ) and Pervez Musharraf ( 1999 – 2008 ) have held singular referendums to elect themselves President of Pakistan for additional terms forbidden by the constitution.

The license fees collection for PTV was given to WAPDA during Musharraf government.

In 1990, Major-General Pervez Musharraf, who was the Director-General of the Directorate-General for the Military Operations ( DGMO ), proposed a strategic plan against India to Benazir Bhutto calling for a Kargil Infiltration, but Benazir refused because General Musharraf didn't have a strategy for dealing with any resultant international fallout.

* The Sitara-i-Eisaar ( Star of Sacrifice ) award, presented by the President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, in recognition of Mercy Corps ' relief efforts following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

* 2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns due to the threat of impeachment.

* 1999 – Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.

Military tensions in the Kargil conflict with India were followed by a 1999 coup d ' état in which General Pervez Musharraf assumed executive powers.

In 2001, Musharraf named himself President after the resignation of Rafiq Tarar.

In the 2002 Parliamentary Elections, Musharraf transferred executive powers to newly elected Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who was succeeded in the 2004 by Shaukat Aziz.

Pervez Musharraf (; born: 11 August 1943 ), is a retired four-star general and a politician who served as the tenth President of Pakistan from 2001 until 2008.

Commissioned in Pakistan Army in 1964, Musharraf rose to national prominence after being appointed to the four-star assignments in October 1998 by then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Musharraf was the mastermind and strategic field commander behind the highly controversial and internationally condemned Kargil infiltration, which derailed peace negotiations with Pakistan's long standing archenemy India.

Previously as in early 1996, Musharraf played a vital role in the Afghan civil war, both assisting the peace negotiations and attempting to end the bloodshed in the country.

After months of contentious relations with Prime Minister Sharif, Musharraf was brought up power politics through a military coup d ' état in 1999, and subsequently placing the Prime minister under a strict house-arrest before shifting the prime minister to Adiala Jail in Punjab Province.

As an aftermath of September 11 attacks in the United States, Musharraf closely allied with the United States and the allied powers in the War on Terror.

Appointing Zafarullah Jamali as Prime minister in 2002, Musharraf accepted his resignation in 2004 and approved the appointment of Shaukat Aziz as Prime minister instead.

Voluntarily surrendering the powers of chief executive and the authority to Shaukat Aziz whom Musharraf eye-blindly trusted, their rule was marred by controversies in the last two years, including the armed action in Red Mosque.

With Aziz constitutionally completing his term and the suspension of the Chief Justice in 2007, Musharraf dramatically fell from the presidency in 2008 after voluntarily resigning in a facing threat of impeachment led by the people-elected opposition parties.

Due to his sudden rise and fall in the national politics, Western scholar Ian Kershaw of Sheffield University, described Musharraf as Pakistan-based Paul von Hindenburg.

He is the son of Syed and Zarin Musharraf.

In his autobiography In the Line of Fire, Musharraf elaborates on his first experience with death, after falling off a mango tree.

In 1961, at age of 18, Musharraf entered the prestigious Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul.

During his college years in PMA and initial joint military testings, Musharraf shared a room with PQ Mehdi of PAF and Abdul Aziz Mirza of Navy ( both reached to four-star assignments and served with Musharraf later on ) and after giving the exams and entranace interviews, all three cadets went to watch a world-acclaimed Urdu film, Savera ( lit.