Musharraf | MCQs

Explanation

Know everything about Musharraf

Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)

Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)

Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998

Appointer: Nawaz Sharif

Musharraf became 10th president of Pakistan in 2001 until 2008.

Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)

In June 2001, Musharraf became the president of Pakistan.

In 2006, Musharraf’s autobiography titled In the Line of Fire was published.

In March 2007, Musharraf suspended then chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

Resigned from his position of army chief November 2007

Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani

Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.

In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016

On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)

Died: 5 February 2023

Dying place: Dubai, UAE

Disease: amyloidosis

Aged: 79

Buried: Karachi

Explanation

On January 1, 2004, Pervez Musharraf secured a vote of confidence from Pakistan's National Assembly and Senate.

This allowed him to remain President until 2007 (a 5-year term under the 17th Constitutional Amendment).

Explanation

Musharraf took the oath of President on June 20, 2001, just a month before the Agra Summit in July 2001.

Explanation

The Legal Framework Order, 2002 was issued by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in August 2002.

provided for the general elections of 2002 and

the revival of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, and added numerous amendments to the Constitution.

It targeted the law-making bodies of Pakistan and empowered him to dismiss the national and provincial assemblies in Pakistan.

Explanation

Pervez Musharraf is a Pakistani politician and a retired four-star general who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the federal government in 1999.

He held the presidency from 2001 until 2008, when he tendered his resignation to avoid impeachment