Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

Pervez Musharraf

President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008

Pervez Musharraf was a Pakistani military dictator who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He overthrew Nawaz Sharif's government in the 1999 coup d'état and proclaimed himself the chief executive of Pakistan, under martial law.