Editing Pervez Musharraf (section)

===Pakistan and Turkey===
Musharraf was four years old when India achieved independence and [[Partition of India|Pakistan was created]] as the homeland for India's Muslims. His family left for [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] in August 1947, a few days before independence.<ref name="duggerbio">{{Cite news|author=Dugger, Celia W.|title=Pakistan Ruler Seen as 'Secular-Minded' Muslim|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 October 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/26/world/pakistan-ruler-seen-as-secular-minded-muslim.html|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911120229/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/26/world/pakistan-ruler-seen-as-secular-minded-muslim.html|archive-date=11 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="haveli" /><ref name="bbcfour">{{Cite news|title=Profile – Pervez Musharraf|newspaper= BBC 4|date=12 August 2003|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/pervez-musharraf.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412102319/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/pervez-musharraf.shtml|archive-date=12 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> His father joined the [[Pakistan Civil Services]] and began to work for the [[Government of Pakistan|Pakistani government]]; later, his father joined the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign Ministry]], taking up an assignment in [[Turkey]].<ref name="duggerbio"/> In his autobiography ''[[In the Line of Fire: A Memoir]]'', Musharraf elaborates on his first experience with death, after falling off a mango tree.<ref>{{cite book |last=Musharraf |first=Pervez |title=In the Line of Fire: A Memoir |year=2006 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9780743298438 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7igVvi3aO-8C&q=Musharraf%20mango%20tree&pg=PA34 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101105835/https://books.google.com/books?id=7igVvi3aO-8C&lpg=PA33&dq=Musharraf%20mango%20tree&pg=PA34 |archive-date=1 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Musharraf's family moved to [[Ankara, Turkey|Ankara]] in 1949, when his father became part of a diplomatic deputation from Pakistan to Turkey.<ref name="ajamidog" /><ref name="CNNprofile">{{cite news |title=Pakistan's Self-appointed Democratic Leader |publisher=CNN |date=4 May 2003 |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2002-07-10/world/musharraf.biog_1_sehba-musharraf-chief-of-army-staff-indo-pakistan-war?_s=PM:asiapcf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403225221/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-07-10/world/musharraf.biog_1_sehba-musharraf-chief-of-army-staff-indo-pakistan-war?_s=PM%3Aasiapcf |archive-date=3 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He learned to speak [[Turkish language|Turkish]].<ref name="worth">Worth, Richard. "Time of Trials". Pervez Musharraf. New York: Chelsea House, 2007. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IVBtrZrxuDcC&pg=PA32 pp. 32–39] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101105835/https://books.google.com/books?id=IVBtrZrxuDcC&pg=PA32 |date=1 January 2016}} {{ISBN|1438104723}}</ref><ref name="chitkara">Chitkara, M. G. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gr5IoddTKb8C&pg=PA135 Pervez Bonaparte Musharraf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101105835/https://books.google.com/books?id=Gr5IoddTKb8C&pg=PA135 |date=1 January 2016}}". Indo-Pak Relations: Challenges before New Millennium. New Delhi: A.P.H. Pub., 2001. pp. 135–36 {{ISBN|8176482722}}</ref> He had a dog named Whiskey that gave him a "lifelong love for dogs".<ref name="ajamidog" /> He played sports in his youth.<ref name="duggerbio" /><ref name="factbox1" /> In 1956, he left Turkey<ref name="ajamidog" /><ref name="CNNprofile" /> and returned to Pakistan in 1957<ref name="worth"/> where he attended [[Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi|Saint Patrick's School]] in Karachi and was accepted at the [[Forman Christian College University]] in Lahore.<ref name="ajamidog" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=CNN.com - General Pervez Musharraf, President and Chief Executive of Pakistan - June 28, 2001|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/20/musharraf.biog/|access-date=2024-01-10|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>Adil, Adnan. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3850039.stm "Profile: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112123005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3850039.stm |date=12 November 2012}}. BBC News (29 June 2004).</ref> At Forman, Musharraf chose mathematics as a major in which he excelled academically, but later developed an interest in economics.<ref>Musharraf Regime and Governance Crises. United States: Nova Science Publishers. p. 275. {{ISBN|1-59033-135-4}}. Retrieved 6 June 2012</ref>