General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف; born 11 August, 1943, near Delhi, India) became de facto Head of Government (using the title Chief Executive and assuming extensive powers) of Pakistan on October 12, 1999 following a bloodless coup d'état. He assumed the office of President of Pakistan (becoming Head of State) on June 20, 2001.

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• I think they'd both lose miserably.
  • Interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, when asked who would win in a Pakistani election - George W. Bush or Osama Bin Laden.

• We are in a state where these semi-literate clerics are closing the minds of people.
  • Pakistan's President Says Muslim Nations Should Stop Blaming Others May 2007

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• Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.