pope francis s historic visit to south sudan ends with an open air mass. he urged people to reject the venom of hatred and pleaded with leaders to find peace. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for seven years from 2001. in 2008, he suffered defeat in the polls and left the country six months later.
pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 serving in office for seven years from 2001. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999 when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self serving politicians. in the past, our governments have ruled the people. it is time now for the governments to serve the people. pakistan had already been under army rule for more than half the time it had been independent. general musharraf portrayed himself as a moderniser out to rid pakistan of islamic extremism.
observation airship. police say they ve spoken to a woman they d described as a key witnes regarding the disappearance of nicola bulley. officers said last night they were trying to trace the woman, who d been seen pushing a pram in st michael s on wyre, in lancashire, close to where nicola bulley was last seen. detectives said the woman had come forward very quickly . pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for 7 years from 2001. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. i m joined now by dr madiha afzal fellow in the foreign policy programme at the brookings institution, a think tank based in washington. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme- thank you very much for coming on
hello and welcome to bbc news. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illnes. he was 79. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, benazir bhutto. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, recieving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self serving politicians.
years by theocratic elites must come to an end, that there must be reforms, cultural, social, political, religious. that won t go away. what may have happened is a sense that the protests as a direct threat to the regime for now, at least, is over. united states navy and coastguard vessels are working to recover the wreckage of a chinese observation balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina on saturday. the debris came down in shallow water and is said to be spread over a wide area. a pentagon official said the recovery would enable us analysts to examine sensitive chinese equipment. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for