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. 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
He was attending this large event. Guad, thank you very much. Its good to see you. That wraps up the hour for me. Im jose diazbalart. You can reach me on social media. You can watch clips from our show. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, President Biden welcoming the president of kenya for a state visit. Elevating kenya to the status of a major nonnato ally. Thats important. Its a big move. The two leaders are scheduled to hold a joint News Conference this hour after meeting in the oval office. I will speak to a top biden advisor, former chair of the Senate Foreign relations subcommittee on african affairs. Nikki haley throwing her support behind former President Trump after previously calling him unstable and unhinged. Calling intensify for Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito to recuse himself from all 2020 election cases before the high court, after pictures of yet another flag used by janu
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