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Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf dies at 79 after long illness | South China Morning Post

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Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has died at the age of 79. Pakistan media reports said he died in hospital in Dubai on February 5, 2023, after a long illness and years of self-imposed exile. Musharraf ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after taking over in a bloodless coup in 1999. He fled the country in…

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