Pervez Musharraf
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Dawood Ibrahim may be in Pakistan, but why should we assist India, asks Musharraf
World | Aug 31, 2017, 01:26 PM ISTFormer Pakistan president Nawaz Sharif has almost admitted that fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind, is in Karachi
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Pervez Musharraf heckled by Baloch activists at Norway event
World | Aug 19, 2017, 05:58 PM ISTPervez Musharraf has been facing a slew of cases, including the high treason trial since 2013 and he was barred from leaving the country in 2014 by the government.
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Will any court punish Pervez Musharraf for subverting constitution, asks Nawaz Sharif
World | Aug 05, 2017, 05:44 PM ISTIn October 1999, General Musharraf, the then army chief of Pakistan, had ousted Sharif in a bloodless coup and seized power. Sharif was in exile in Saudi Arabia for eight years, before he returned to Pakistan in 2007.
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Dictators set country right, civilian governments brought it to ruins: Pervez Musharraf
World | Aug 03, 2017, 04:26 PM ISTIt makes no difference to the population of Pakistan whether the country is being governed by an elected government or by an autocrat, as long as there is progress and prosperity, Musharraf said in an interview
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Report claims Pervez Musharraf considered using nukes against India in 2001
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Pervez Musharraf considered using nukes against India in 2002: report
World | Jul 27, 2017, 05:01 PM ISTThe former president disclosed that amid tensions between India and Pakistan following the 2001 Parliament attack, he contemplated the use of nuclear weapons, but decided against doing so out of fear of retaliation
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Kulbhushan Jadhav is 'a bigger terrorist than Ajmal Kasab', says Pervez Musharraf
World | May 20, 2017, 09:58 AM ISTFormer Pakistan military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Friday said that the Indian national is “a bigger terrorist than Ajmal Kasab".
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‘Absconder cannot dictate pre-requisites to court’: Pak govt rejects Musharraf's conditions to face trial for high treason
India | May 18, 2017, 02:20 PM ISTIn an application filed before a special court earlier this month, Musharraf had expressed willingness to face trial under military protection and sought assurance from the court that he would be given safe passage back to Dubai.
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Imran Khan and I can bring change in Pakistan, says Pervez Musharraf
World | May 02, 2017, 03:20 PM ISTFormer Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who now heads All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), on Monday expressed his willingness to join hands with cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for the betterment of the country.
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Hafiz Saeed not involved in Mumbai attacks, claims Pervez Musharraf
World | Apr 25, 2017, 07:05 AM ISTPervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, has claimed that Jamaat-ud Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was not involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack that left 166 people dead.
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'International intelligence is a dirty game': Pervez Musharraf on Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence
World | Apr 12, 2017, 03:29 PM ISTormer President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday expressed apprehensions of India retaliating by picking up some Pakistani and portraying him as a 'Pakistani spy'.
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Musharraf demands release of Hafiz Saeed, terms JuD a ‘fine NGO’
World | Feb 16, 2017, 03:05 PM ISTIn a move that may spell further trouble for an already isolated Pakistan, former president and military dictator General Pervez Musharraf has demanded the release of 26/11 attacks mastermind and chief militant of Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed who
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Wacth: Pervez Musharraf dancing to ‘Dilli wali girlfriend’ sets Twitter abuzz
World | Jan 24, 2017, 01:32 PM ISTA video that has now gone viral shows former Pakistan president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf dancing with an unknown woman in a nightclub to the peppy beats of the popular Bollywood song ‘Dilli wali girlfriend’ has created quite a stir
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Pervez Musharraf seeks 'foolproof security' for appearing in court
World | Jan 13, 2017, 06:58 PM ISTFormer Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has sought "foolproof security" in order to be able to return to Pakistan and appear in court in the judges’ detention case.
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Never asked Raheel Sharif to help me leave Pakistan, says Pervez Musharraf
World | Dec 27, 2016, 02:50 PM ISTFormer Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has clarified that he never asked ex-army chief General Raheel Sharif to help him move out of the country.
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Gen. Raheel Sharif helped me out in leaving Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf
World | Dec 20, 2016, 12:52 PM ISTFormer Pakistani president Pervez Musharaff has claimed that ex-army chief General Raheel Sharif helped him leave the country in March this year.
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Hafiz Saeed is an educated man; Lashkar-e-Taiba best NGO of Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf
World | Dec 03, 2016, 02:09 PM ISTFormer Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has said that Hafiz Saeed’s terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba is not a ‘militant outfit’ and termed it as the best NGO of his country.
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I let Nawaz Sharif go on behest of King Abdullah, says Pervez Musharraf
World | Nov 08, 2016, 03:50 PM ISTFormer Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has disclosed that he allowed Nawaz Sharif to move out of Pakistan on the advice of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah.
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Confiscate Pervez Musharraf's property, orders Pakistan court
World | Sep 18, 2016, 01:11 PM ISTAfter Prevez Musharraf “persistently failed” to appear in the case involving killing of a cleric during the 2007 Lal Masjid operation, a Pakistan court today order confiscation of the former dictator’s property. A sessions court
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Pakistan had no option than to support US attack on Afghanistan after 9/11: Musharraf
World | Sep 17, 2016, 07:01 PM ISTFormer President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf today reiterated that Pakistan was left with no choice than to support American attack on Afghanistan because the world had entirely changed after 9/11. Explaining the precarious