Pervez Musharraf Age, Death, Wife, Family, Children, Biography & More StarsUnfolded

Bio/WikiNickname(s)"Cowboy," "Mush," "Palloo"Profession(s)Politician, Ex-Army PersonnelFamous ForBeing the 10th President of PakistanPhysical Stats & MoreHeight (approx.)in centimeters- 175 cm
in meters- 1.75 m
in feet inches- 5’ 9”Eye ColourBlackHair ColourSalt & PepperMilitary ServiceBranchPakistan ArmyRankFour-Star GeneralService Years1961–2007UnitRegiment of ArtilleryCommand(s)I Corps
XII Corps
Special Services Group
DG Military operations
40th Army Division, OkaraWars/BattlesIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Siachen conflict
Kargil War (1999)
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)
1999 Pakistani coup d'état
2001–2002 India-Pakistan standoff
War in North-West PakistanPoliticsPolitical PartyAll Pakistan Muslim League
Pervez Musharraf and All Pakistan Muslim League Logo
Pakistan Muslim League (Qaid e Azam Group)
Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan Muslim League (Q) SymbolPolitical Journey• On 12 October 1999, he led a coup against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and became head of government.
• On 20 June 2001, appointed himself President of Pakistan.
• In August 2002, made 29 amendments to the constitution, granting himself the power to dissolve Parliament and remove the Prime Minister.
• On 1 January 2004, a vote of confidence in Parliament allowed Musharraf to remain in power until 2007.
• On 6 October 2007, an unofficial vote count indicated Musharraf had won by a landslide in the Presidential Election.
• On 3 November 2007, he declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, suspended the country's constitution, and postponed the January 2008 elections.
• On 28 November 2007, he stepped down as the head of Pakistan's Army.
• On 29 November 2007, he took the Presidential oath of office for the third time.
• On 18 February 2008, Musharraf's party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, finished third in the parliamentary elections.
• On 18 August 2008, he announced his resignation as President of Pakistan.
• On 21 May 2010, he announced on CNN to re-enter Pakistan politics.
• On 1 October 2010, Musharraf launched a new political party, the "All Pakistan Muslim League."Awards, Honours, AchievementsNishan-e-Imtiaz
Tamgha-e-Basalat
Imtiazi Sanad
Order of al-SaudPersonal LifeDate of Birth11 August 1943BirthplaceOld Delhi, British IndiaDate of Death5 February 2023Place of DeathAmerican Hospital, DubaiAge (as the time of death)79 YearsDeath CauseAmyloidosisResting PlaceKarachi graveyardZodiac signLeoNationalityPakistaniHometownKarachi, PakistanSchoolSaint Patrick's High School, KarachiCollege(s)/UniversityForman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab
Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, Abbottabad
Command and Staff College, Quetta, Balochistan
National Defence University, Islamabad
Royal College of Defence Studies, London, United KindomEducational Qualification(s)Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in his class of 29th PMA Long Course in 1964
Pursued Master's at Royal College of Defense Studies, Britain in 1990ReligionIslamCaste/SectSunni (also, Sayyids)Food HabitNon-VegetarianAddressChak Shahzad, Islamabad, PakistanHobbiesReading, TravellingControversies• To win a controversial referendum on 1 May 2002, he had become the President of Pakistan on 20 June 2001.
• His presidency witnessed the most controversial atomic scandals in the history of Pakistan after he authorised a sting operation to arrest two physicists Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood and Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, due to their supposed connection with Taliban.
• He again attracted a controversy after Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan disclosed about the atomic proliferation.
• In September 2005, in an interview to the Washington Post, Musharraf's remark that Pakistani rape victim women treated rape as a "moneymaking concern" and they do so to get a Canadian visa, attracted controversy both internationally and in Pakistan.
• He also attracted a controversy by suspending the then Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
• On 23 November 2008, he left for exile in London after he refused an impeachment procedure against him.
• On 24 May 2011, he condemned the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
• On 16 April 2013, he was disqualified to fight elections by an electoral tribunal in Chitral.
• On 26 April 2013, the Islamabad High Court ordered house arrest for Musharraf in connection with the death of Benazir Bhutto, and on 20 August 2013, a Pakistani court indicted Musharraf in the assassination of Bhutto.
• On 2 September 2013, an F.I.R. was registered against Pervez Musharraf for his role in the Lal Masjid Operation 2007.
• On 31 August 2017, The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi convicted him an "absconder" in Bhutto's murder case.
• On 17 December 2019, a three-judge Bench of a special court in Pakistan handed down a death sentence to former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf for high treason. Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is facing treason charges for suspending the Constitution and imposing emergency rule in 2007, a punishable offence for which he was indicted in 2014.Girls, Affairs & MoreMarital Status (at the time of death)MarriedMarriage Date28 December 1968FamilyWife/SpouseSehba Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf With His WifeChildrenSon- Bilal Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf Son
Daughter- Ayla Musharraf (an architect married to film director Asim Raza)
Pervez Musharraf DaughterParentsFather- Syed Musharrafuddin (Pakistani Civil Servant and Diplomat)
Mother- Begum Zarin Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf With His MotherSiblingsBrother(s)- Dr. Javed Musharraf (an Economist; lives in Rome), Dr. Naved Musharraf (an Anaestheologist; lives in Illinois, USA)
Pervez Musharraf With His Younger Brother Naved Musharraf
Sister- NoneFavouritesSubject(s)Mathematics, EconomicsDestinationDubaiMoney FactorNet Worth (approx.)$6.1 million (as of 2013)

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