The Rise and Fall of Pervez Musharraf

The Generals
In October 1999, amid a power play, Sharif sacked Musharraf as military chief and then sent troops to the airport in Karachi to prevent a plane carrying the general from landing, but they were unable to fend off Musharraf's loyalists. The general landed and assumed control of the government. A day later, he presided over a meeting with his Corps Commanders at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, above.

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