
Pervez Musharraf, Former Military Ruler of Pakistan, Dies at 79
Pervez Musharraf, the onetime military ruler of a nuclear-armed Pakistan who promised critical support for Washington’s campaign against Al Qaeda after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but faced growing resistance at home in a land seething with anti-Western passions, has died. He was 79.His death was confirmed by Lt. General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, head of the joint chiefs of staff of the Pakistani military, but he did not give […]