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The Latest Breaking News on Trudy Rubin: A former Pakistani leader's death, and his wise peace plan that failed

Trudy Rubin: A former Pakistani leader's death, and his wise peace plan that failed

When I sat down for a poolside dinner in Villanova in late September 2009, I didn't expect to hear the inside story on how Pakistan and India had come tantalizingly close to making peace two years earlier.

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Pakistan's former President Musharraf buried in Karachi

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the campaign against al Qaeda following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, was buried in his hometown of Karachi on Tuesday.

Reuters

Pervez Musharraf, ex-military ruler of Pakistan, laid to rest

Pervez Musharraf, who backed the US invasion of Afghanistan, wasburied at a cemetery in Karachi with ‘military honours’.

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Hundreds attend funeral of Pakistan's ex-President Musharraf

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf has been buried in his family’s hometown, the southern port city of Karachi, a day after a special plane transported his body from the United Arab Emirates where he died over the weekend

The Independent UK

Ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s body brought to Pakistan

Former president, 79, died on Sunday after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, where he lived in exile.

Al Jazeera

Officials: Plane carrying Musharraf's body lands in Pakistan

Officials say a plane transporting the body of Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Karachi amid tight security

The Independent UK

Pervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, dies at 79

Pervez Musharraf, the former four-star Pakistani army general who governed the South Asian nation for nearly a decade after coming to power in a 1999 bloodless coup, has died. He was 79.

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How India-Pakistan cricket thrived in Pervez Musharraf's rule

KARACHI: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, loved his cricket.

The Times of India

Factbox-Facts about Pakistan's late former President Pervez Musharraf

Here are some facts about the life and career of Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf, who died on Sunday:

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General Pervez Musharraf obituary

Former president of Pakistan who supported the US in its war on terror and was hailed as George Bush’s ‘best buddy’

The Guardian - UK

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf dies in Dubai after long illness

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his condolences following the death

Evening Standard

Reactions to the death of former Pakistan President Musharraf

Following are reactions to the death on Sunday of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf:

Reuters

Pervez Musharraf: The Pakistani ex-president’s chequered legacy

The former army chief, who seized power in a coup, died at the age of 79 in Dubai after a prolonged illness.

Al Jazeera

Ex-Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf, who aided U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died

Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died. He was 79.

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Pakistan's Former President Pervez Musharraf Passes Away

Former Pakistan President and chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf passed away. Read further on Dynamite News:

Wales Online

Pakistan’s former president General Pervez Musharraf has died at the age of 79

Gen Musharraf, a former special forces commando, became president through the last of a string of military coups that hit Pakistan after its founding

The Independent UK

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies

An offical says Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan's Former President Pervez Musharraf Dies

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has died after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, the army and local media said Sunday. Senior military chiefs "express heartfelt condolences on sad demise of General Pervez Musharraf", a brief statement released by the military's media wing said.

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Pakistan's Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam

Pervez Musharraf, the four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1999, oversaw rapid economic growth and attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.

Al Jazeera

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79

Former military ruler of Pakistan died at a hospital in Dubai following a prolonged illness.

Reuters

Pakistan's former President Musharraf, key U.S. ally against al Qaeda, is dead

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the campaign against al Qaeda following the militant group's Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, died in Dubai on Sunday after a prolonged illness. He was 79.

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