Gen Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 10th President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He initially came to power through a military coup in 1999 and is known for his role in various economic reforms and liberalization policies, including trade liberalization in 2004, which significantly influenced Pakistan's economic landscape.
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In Gen Musharraf’s era, the deputy commissioner was replaced with an elected district nazim and police were empowered.
Futile reforms - Newspaper - DAWN.COM
Pakistan· 2025-09-29
Justice Minallah cited Gen Musharraf’s assaults on the constitutional order to illustrate the judiciary's failures.
Hybrid failures - Newspaper - DAWN.COMPakistan· 2025-09-06
Justice Minallah cited Gen Musharraf’s assaults on the constitutional order to illustrate judicial failures.
Hybrid failures - Newspaper - DAWN.COMPakistan· 2025-09-06In 2000, then-chief executive Gen Musharraf initiated the first telemetry system to improve transparency in water sharing between provinces.
Telemetry 2.0: a watershed in era of climate calamities? - PakistanPakistan· 2025-07-18
Gen Musharraf empowered local feudal-tribal forces at the cost of political forces and bureaucracy.
Curse of the ‘old normal’ - NewspaperPakistan· 2025-06-28
Zardari saw off military dictator Gen Musharraf during his presidency.
INSIDE THE FIRST ZARDARI PRESIDENCY - NewspaperPakistan· 2025-06-15
Gen Musharraf was a military dictator whose actions were referenced during Zardari's presidency.
INSIDE THE FIRST ZARDARI PRESIDENCY - NewspaperPakistan· 2025-06-15
The book deals with Musharraf’s impeachment and the political climate during that time.
Within the corridors - NewspaperPakistan· 2025-06-03
The volume of money that poured into the country, coupled with the generous terms of debt rescheduling extended by the Paris Club in December 2001, allowed the regime of Gen Musharraf to pump growth to unprecedented levels.
Modi, Kashmir and Pakistan - PakistanPakistan· 2025-05-08
Gen Musharraf’s problem was that he wanted to win popularity like a politician.
Economic miracles - Newspaper - DAWN.COMPakistan· 2025-04-15
Gen Musharraf’s problem was that he wanted to win popularity like a politician.
Economic miracles - Newspaper - DAWN.COMPakistan· 2025-04-15Gen Musharraf’s policy of trade liberalisation in 2004 led to an escalation of imports that was not matched by a comparable increase in export earnings.
ECONOMY: UNJUNKING PAKISTAN’S ECONOMY - NewspaperPakistan· 2025-03-16
