Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani army general who seized power in 1999 and ruled the impoverished Muslim-majority nation for nine tumultuous years before being forced from power, died early Sunday in Dubai.
His death was confirmed by a spokeswoman for the Pakistani Consulate in Dubai, according to all major Pakistani media outlets. Top civilian and military leaders in Pakistan soon issued statements of condolence. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif — whose older brother Nawaz was overthrown as premier by Musharraf 24 years ago — expressed sympathy for Gen. Musharraf’s family in a, and the military press agency said all top military officials “expressed their heartfelt condolences.
The coup was condemned internationally but welcomed in Pakistan, where Sharif was seen as corrupt and the public had long been accustomed to army interventions. But in a whiplash series of events, Sharif went on to serve a third term as prime minister, from 2013 to 2017, before being ousted amid revelations about his family’s offshore holdings from the Panama Papers investigative reports. He was sentenced to a decade in prison.Gen.
Gen. Musharraf professed grave concerns about the growth of Islamist extremism and terrorism. In 2002, he banned several Islamist and sectarian groups, warning that “the danger eating us comes from within. … Pakistan will not allow its territory to be used for any terrorist activity anywhere in the world.” The next year, he survived two assassination attempts attributed to Sunni militants.
The other factor that conflicted with his moderate religious views and reformist agenda was political ambition. The general longed for legitimacy and used a variety of methods to attain it. In 2002, he held a referendum that extended his tenure for five years, then an election in which a party that backed his presidency was able to form a ruling coalition in Parliament.In time, his popularity faded, and his agenda faltered, yet Gen. Musharraf came to see his personal rule as indispensable.
The president also faced a rising challenge from Pakistan’s legal community, which launched street protests demanding an end to military rule. Fearing that the chief justice of the Supreme Court might invalidate the coup and his right to seek reelection, Gen. Musharraf suspended him twice, provoking demonstrations each time.
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