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Arab News: Gen Musharraf’s Life in Photos

In this photo from Nov. 14, 2006, then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf talks to reporters at his camp office in Rawalpindi. (AFP)

He is Pakistan’s first military ruler charged with high treason

Now lives in Dubai, reportedly suffering from multiple health conditions

Islamabad, Pakistan: Former President Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death by a special court in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Convicted of high treason, he is Pakistan’s first military ruler to stand trial for superseding the Constitution.

Musharraf seized power in 1999 in a bloodless coup. He stepped down in 2008.

After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Musharraf joined the US “war on terror,” despite criticism in Pakistan.

During his term as president, he had survived several assignation plots.

Musharraf left the country in 2016 for medical treatment and has since been self-exiled in Dubai.

Top: In this photo from Sept. 8, 1999, then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Most Corrupt, Traitor and Looter, (left) is looking at a pistol of then Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf while they visit the families of soldiers killed fighting in Kargil. (AFP) Bottom: General Pervez Musharraf speaks as army chief during a nationwide address on state-owned television in Karachi, Oct. 13, 1999. (AFP)

Top: Pervez Musharraf gestures as he addresses Pakistani expats in the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 27, 1999. (AFP) Bottom: Pervez Musharraf takes oath for the office of President of Pakistan during a ceremony in Islamabad on June 20, 2001. Chief Justice Irshad Hassan Khan receives the oath from Musharraf. (AFP)

Top: Then President Pervez Musharraf bids farewell to then Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and then Indian President K.R. Narayanan at the end of an official welcoming ceremony in New Delhi, July 14, 2001.(AFP) Bottom: General Pervez Musharraf and his wife leave the Taj Mahal in Agra on July 15, 2001, after the then Pakistani president's historic visit to India July 14-16, 2001. (AFP)

Top: Gen. Pervez Musharraf addresses the nation in Islamabad, on Sept. 19, 2001. (AFP) Bottom: Still as president, Pervez Musharraf waves to his supporters during a mass rally in Lahore, April 9, 2002, as he launched a campaign to remain president for five years ahead of a national referendum later that month. (AFP)

Imran Khan presents a crest of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer hospital he founded to then President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in Lahore, Feb. 19, 2002. Musharraf then announced a donation of $500,000. (AFP)

Top: Pervez Musharraf casts his vote in the 2002 presidential referendum along with his wife Sehba Pervez and mother Zarin Musharrafuddin in Rawalpindi city, April 30, 2002. (AFP) Bottom: Then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh salute the crowd while arriving on the pitch for the final one day international between India and Pakistan cricket teams at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi, April 17, 2005. (AFP)

Then US President George W. Bush and then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf shake hands after a press conference following a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, March 4, 2006. (AFP)

Pervez Musharraf prays after he arrived at Karachi International Airport from Dubai on March 24, 2013. The former military ruler returned home after more than four years in exile, defying a Taliban death threat to contest the 2013 general election. (AFP)

Ailing Pervez Musharraf speaks from his hospital bed in Dubai on Dec. 3, 2019. (Screengrab from Musharraf's video message)

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CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2019

15 OCTOBER 2019 || The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William visited the Presidential Palace and then met the Prime Minister at his official residence on Day-2 of their Royal Tour of Pakistan.

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PM Imran Khan takes notice of assault on couple in Islamabad

PM Imran Khan takes notice of assault on couple in Islamabad

In this file photo taken on November 19, 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint press conference with Afghanitan´s president at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. — AFP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday took notice of an incident that transpired in the capital, where a couple was stripped and assaulted by an influential man and his accomplices. Per Geo News, the…

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Accusations before the first nuclear war: Revelation 8

Accusations before the first nuclear war: Revelation 8

As Islamabad and New Delhi Spar for Influence in Afghanistan, Nuclear Rivals Trade Accusations

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (R) welcomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan (2nd R) with a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 19, 2020. (Afghan Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Afghan prisoner exchanges, US peace plan threatened by coronavirus

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Afghan prisoner exchanges, US peace plan threatened by coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic threatens to unravel a US effort to end the war in Afghanistan if Taliban and government prisoners die in custody before they can be exchanged, four sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Keeping the US peace plan on track has acquired particular urgency as the spring fighting season nears, two sources said, given the danger that accelerating violence could make it harder to contain the COVID-19 respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.

While the pandemic has grounded other US envoys, Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad last week flew to Doha, where the Taliban have an office, and Islamabad following a March 23 trip by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Doha and Kabul.

“If … a good number of prisoners on either side contract the disease or die in prison because of an outbreak, it will be a humanitarian issue and it will make intra-Afghan negotiations that much more difficult,” said a source familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.

That both Pompeo and Khalilzad traveled as the COVID-19 disease spreads underscores the depth of Washington’s concerns that President Donald Trump’s effort to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan could collapse, depriving him of a foreign policy victory to trumpet ahead of the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.

“The fact that they came to the region is a clear sign that the president under no circumstances wants this deal to collapse,” said a Western diplomat on condition of anonymity.

It was crucial for US diplomats to have face-to-face meetings to convey the gravity of the messages, the envoy added.

The State Department did not respond to requests for comment.

A Feb. 29 US-Taliban deal for a US troop withdrawal after more than 18 years of intervention called for the government to release up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners and the insurgents to free up to 1,000 detainees by March 10, when they were to open talks to end decades of strife.

The Taliban, however, demanded Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s government, which was not a party to that deal, release all 5,000 prisoners at once before negotiations. They have also stepped up attacks on Afghan security forces.

Ghani rejected the demand and has begun a phased release of 1,500 prisoners, while the insurgents have freed 40 detainees.

Meanwhile, the coronavirus has spread, with nearly 1,000 cases confirmed in Afghanistan, including 20 staff testing positive within the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul.

The diplomat and two other experts, also speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the prisoner exchanges could be undercut by COVID-19 because its spread into jails could ignite bitter recriminations by both sides.

Accelerating the releases and tamping down rising violence as the spring fighting season nears were among Khalilzad’s main objectives when he met Taliban negotiators in Doha last week, said a former senior Afghan official.

Khalilzad has told Afghan officials that he is “incredibly worried” that the coronavirus pandemic could undermine the U.S.-led peace process if it spreads into the prisons, the former official added.

An expert outside of the US government noted many countries have freed prisoners because of the disease and said this could be a face-saving way for Ghani and the Taliban to accelerate the releases.

This would allow Kabul to cite humanitarian grounds for freeing Taliban detainees so that “it’s not necessarily Ghani capitulating to Taliban demands,” said the expert, who deals with U.S. and Afghan officials.

“The Taliban’s prisoners are also presumably going to start dying,” he said. “Rather than losing some of their leverage, they might also want to be perceived as releasing prisoners and not be held accountable for some … dying in their custody.”

The Western diplomat said that Khalilzad and Pompeo both are concerned the Taliban will launch their traditional springtime offensive that analysts warn would make it harder to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

“That’s what Khalilzad and Pompeo are determined to stop,” he said, saying Khalilzad’s April 13 visit to Doha aimed “to convey a stern message to Taliban and prevent the spring offensive.”

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US Conspiracy in Pakistan

Imran Khan, Illegally Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister, Warns 'Freedom Struggle Begins'

— By Anders Anglesey | Newsweek | Sunday April 10, 2022

Pakistan's now-ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan president at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on November 19, 2020. Khan was voted out by losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership on Sunday due to a United States Conspiracy. AFP Via Getty Images /Wakil Kohsar

Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned the "freedom struggle begins against a foreign conspiracy" after he lost a vote of no-confidence, prompting his resignation.

The 69-year-old former legend of legends cricket star claimed without evidence that the result of Sunday's vote which forced him from office was a White House-led conspiracy. (Bullshit by Newsweek. Khan shared the proof with the National Security Council of Pakistan, Cabinet Members and with the Chiefs of Naval, Air Force, Army and Joints Chiefs of Army Staffs. At the conclusion of the meeting everyone signed as well.)

Ahead of the vote, there were fears Khan would seek martial law instead of step down as prime minister, with Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, an ally of Khan, reportedly telling journalists "those who bought MPs will be responsible if martial law is imposed."

Khan's post came just hours after the parliamentary motion proceeded in the capital Islamabad and ended with 174 votes (of the 342-member house) against him, two more than were needed to remove him from office.

In a tweet after the vote on Sunday, the ousted PM said: "Pakistan became an independent state in 1947, but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change.”

"It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty and democracy."

His supporters are expected to take to the streets on Sunday evening.

A Pakistani official has expressed to Newsweek that relations with the United States would stay their course.

After Khan was ousted from office, opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif said a "new dawn" had broken in Pakistan.

In a Saturday Twitter post, Criminalt Sharif said: "May Allah Almighty bestow his special blessings on this nation in the blessed month of Ramadan.

"Alhamdulillah [praise be to God], dear country and the House of Parliament, was finally freed from a serious crisis last night.

"Congratulations to the Pakistani nation on a new dawn. May Allah almighty be the supporter of Pakistan and all of you, Amen." (No! Nation of Pakistan don’t need your congratulations, corrupt, looter, killer, thief and traitor)

Sharif, (who is on bail on corruption charges, money laundering of $140 million, killing and so many other cases in the courts) brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, could take power on Monday if selected by parliament to do so.