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Article: Coup rumblings in Islamabad; The firing of the Pakistani Army chief triggers unusual troop movement.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 13, 1999
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The most serious threat to government and military stability in Pakistan in the 1990s unfolded Tuesday Oct. 12 between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Army Chief of Staff Pervaiz Musharraf - as military troops surrounded the airport, TV facilities, and the prime minister's residence.
The apparent trigger: Mr. Sharif, increasingly under political attack at home, replaced General Musharraf as head of the Army while Musharraf was on a trip to Sri Lanka. The move provided the most dramatic example to date of steady rumors of trouble between the Pakistan Army and the executive office.
Relations between the two men were increasingly strained since the end ...
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