The document provides biographical information about Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan. It details his childhood in Karachi, education and career in the Pakistani military, rise to Army chief of staff in 1998, leading of a military coup in 1999, and economic and political reforms during his presidency from 2001 to 2008.
The document provides biographical information about Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan. It details his childhood in Karachi, education and career in the Pakistani military, rise to Army chief of staff in 1998, leading of a military coup in 1999, and economic and political reforms during his presidency from 2001 to 2008.
The document provides biographical information about Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan. It details his childhood in Karachi, education and career in the Pakistani military, rise to Army chief of staff in 1998, leading of a military coup in 1999, and economic and political reforms during his presidency from 2001 to 2008.
The document provides biographical information about Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan. It details his childhood in Karachi, education and career in the Pakistani military, rise to Army chief of staff in 1998, leading of a military coup in 1999, and economic and political reforms during his presidency from 2001 to 2008.
MUSHARRAF 1943-Present Childhood Born on 11 august 1943 in Delhi He’s the second among three brothers After creation of Pakistan, his parents chose to live in Karachi Pervez Musharraf was from a middle class family Musharraf's first childhood home was called 'neharwali haveli' EDUCATION He received his education from Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi. He has done his intermediate from F. C. College, Lahore. In 1961, he joined the Pakistan Military Academy and was commissioned in Artillery Regiment in 1964. In age of 1968 General Musharraf got married. He has two children, a son and a daughter LIFE AS AN ARMY PERSON fought in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 as a young officer, and was awarded Imtiazi Sanad for gallantry. He also achieved the Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) and the Tamgha-i-Basalat He has been also on the faculty of the Command and Staff College, Quetta and the war wing of the National Defence College. In 1980s, Musharraf was commanding an Artillery brigade. In the 1990s, he was promoted to major general. In 1998, he was personally promoted over other senior officers by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to be the Army chief of staff and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee MILITARY COUP Musharraf plane was not allowed to land anywhere in Pakistan when he came back from tour of Sri Lanka . On October 12, 1999, military took over the government in Pakistan. Musharraf became the head of the state designated as Chief Executive He assumed the office of President of Pakistan on June 20, 2001. He agrees to leave the army on 31st December, He hold general elections in the country on 10th October 2002. he transferred the powers of Chief Executive to the newly elected Prime Minister. After volunteer resignation of President Rafiq Tarar, he was administered fresh oath of office of President on 31st October 2002. ECONOMICAL REFORMS Savings and Investments Human capital development Agriculture Dams Women Empowerment Savings and investments Gross domestic product Increased from $60billion to $170 billion Domestic and foreign investements Increased from $60 billion to $170billion Exports Tripled form $7billion to $22 billion International trade Increased from $20 billion to $60 billion Human capital Development Human developmental index Pakistan's HDI grew at an average rate of 2.7% per year Education The budget increased from 500 million to 28 billion Number of universities increased Health Life expectancy increased Poverty halved Local Government Ordinance The 2001 Local Government Ordinance provides for devolution of government to district administrations. Each district administration is headed by a District Coordination Officer (DCO) and a Zila Nazim. The District Coordination Officer is the administrative head of the District Administration. They have wide-ranging responsibility for overseeing, improving and directing the approved plans of the District Government. The Zila Nazim used to be the executive head of the District Administration until 2010, when the government gave their powers to the District Coordination Officer. They are responsible for implementing government strategy and developing initiatives arising out of it SUSPENSION OF CHIEF JUSTICE 2007 • On 9 March 2007, Musharraf suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and pressed corruption charges against him. He replaced him with ally Acting Chief Justice Javed Iqbal. FALL FROM PRESIDENCY • By August 2007, polls showed 64 percent of Pakistanis did not want another Musharraf term. • Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, had brutalized the personal image of Musharraf in public and political circles. • After removal of Shaukat Aziz as Prime minister, Musharraf could not have sustained his presidency any longer and dramatically fell from the presidency within a matter of eight months
