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The former president of Pakistan, the leader who came to power after a coup and survived several assassinations, dies

The former president of Pakistan, the leader who came to power after a coup and

Pakistan's former president, General Pervez Musharraf, who took power after a coup in 1999, has died at the age of 79.

The former leader, who was president between 2001 and 2008, died after a long illness, a statement from the country's military said.

He had survived multiple assassination attempts and found himself on the front lines of the war between militant Islamists and the West.

He supported the US "war on terror" after 9/11, despite domestic opposition. In 2008 he was defeated in the elections and left the country six months later.

When he returned in 2013 to try to run for office, he was arrested and banned from running. He was charged with high treason and sentenced to death in absentia only to have the verdict overturned less than a month later.

He left Pakistan for Dubai in 2016 to seek medical treatment and has been living in exile ever since.

Source: BBC

 

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