The general in his labyrinth: Pervez Musharraf

Dec, 1999: Pakistani Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf meets Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at Tehran's Saadabad Palace. Musharraf ousted former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup.

April, 2002: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf waves to a crowd during his public meeting in Lahore April 9, 2002. Pakistan will hold a refrendum on April 30 to decide whether military ruler Pervez Musharraf should stay in power for another five years, state radio said on Tuesday. All major parties have denounced the referendum as unconstitutional and undemocratic, saying the constitution demands the president be elected by members of the bicameral parliament and four provincial assemblies.

April, 2002: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf adjusts his Sindhi turban presented to him by a group of supporters during his refrendum rally in Thatta, 100 km east of Karachi April 13, 2002. Pakistan will hold a referendum on April 30 to decide whether Musharraf should stay in power for another five years. All major parties have denounced the referendum as unconstitutional and undemocratic, saying the constitution demands the president be elected by members of the bicameral parliament and four provincial assemblies.

November, 2002: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf (2nd R) takes the oath for a new five-year term from Supreme Court's Chief Justice Shaikh Riaz Ahmed at the President House in Islamabad November 16, 2002. Musharraf was sworn in for a new five-year term as president on Saturday as the country's divided parliament met for the first time in three years.

July, 2003: Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf aims a gun manufactured by the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) during his visit to the factory in Wah, some 30kms from Islamabad July 12, 2003. Musharraf said the POF must make a maximum contribution in order to maintain minimum deterent forces needed for the political solution of disputes.

Feb, 2004: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf (R) meets with the country's top nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, in Islamabad, February 4, 2004. Khan appeared on state television on Wednesday to confess and apologise for leaking nuclear secrets to other countries, while absolving the government of any responsibility.

Sep, 2006: Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf listens to questions during a news conference with U.S. President George W. Bush in the East Room at the White House in Washington, September 22, 2006.

Sep, 2006: US President George W. Bush (C), Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf (L) and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai arrive for a statement in the White House Rose Garden in Washington September 27, 2006. Bush sought to ease tensions between Karzai and Musharraf who blame each other for not doing enough to fight terrorism amid a Taliban resurgence.

Nov, 2007: General Pervez Musharraf salutes Pakistan's national flag while the national anthem was played at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi, November 27, 2007. Musharraf said farewell to military colleagues on Tuesday as he prepared to become a civilian president ahead of January's general election.

March, 2008: Pakistan's new Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani (R) is sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf at the President House in Islamabad March 25, 2008. Musharraf swore in Gilani on Tuesday, a day after parliament elected the top official from assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party.

August, 2008: Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf speaks in a televised address to the nation in Islamabad August 18, 2008. Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday in the face of an impending impeachment motion by the ruling coalition government.

August, 2008: Lawyers stand on over a poster of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf during a rally in Multan, August 18, 2008. Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday in the face of an impending impeachment motion by the ruling coalition government.

March, 2013: Supporters of Awami Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan (AMAP) hold a banner as they shout anti-Musharraf slogans during a protest in Quetta March 24, 2013. Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf returned home on Sunday after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest elections despite the possibility of arrest and a threat from the Taliban to kill him.

April, 2013: Pakistan's former president and head of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) political party Pervez Musharraf (C) is escorted by security officials as he leaves an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, April 20, 2013. Former Pakistani president Musharraf was taken before an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Saturday in connection with allegations that he ordered the illegal detention of judges while we has in power, his lawyer said.