Pakistan’s Musharraf announces resignation
Aug 18th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: Lead Stories, WorldThe Sydney Morning Herald: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced in a televised address to the nation that he had decided to resign after nine years in power to avoid the threat of impeachment.
The former army chief, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999, was under huge pressure from the governing coalition to step down before it launched the first impeachment proceedings in Pakistan’s 61-year history.