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Plainclothes police officers arrest a backer of the ousted prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, on Oct. 14, 1999.
(By Zia Mazar -- Associated Press)
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Key dates in Pervez Musharraf's tenure as Pakistani army chief and president:
· Oct. 7, 1998: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appoints Musharraf as chief of army staff.
· May 2, 1999: Pakistani and Indian troops clash at Kargil in divided Kashmir. Sharif later orders Musharraf to withdraw under U.S. pressure.
· Oct. 12, 1999: Musharraf ousts Sharif, seizes power in a coup.
· June 20, 2001: Musharraf appoints himself president of Pakistan while still army chief.
· Sept. 11, 2001: Al-Qaeda launches attacks in the United States. Musharraf pledges Pakistan's support to America, abandoning the Taliban and enraging many fundamentalist Muslims.
· April 30, 2002: Musharraf holds a widely criticized referendum and secures support for a five-year term as president.
· Oct. 10, 2002: A pro-Musharraf Parliament is installed in elections that observers consider flawed.
· Dec. 14, 2003: Explosives wreck a bridge in Rawalpindi just after Musharraf's car has passed. Days later, Musharraf survives twin suicide car bombings on the same road.
· Dec. 30, 2004: Musharraf reneges on a promise to resign as army chief, gains support of Parliament to remain in office until 2007.
· March 9, 2007: Musharraf suspends the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. Violent anti-Musharraf protests follow.
· Oct. 6, 2007: Parliament elects Musharraf to a new five-year term in a vote boycotted by the opposition.
