Personal Life
Musharraf is the second son with two brothers – Javed and Naved. Javed retired as a high grade officer in Pakistan's civil service. Naved is an anaesthetist who has lived in Chicago since his medical residency at Cook County Hospital in 1956. Naved is married to Salma Shuja and has two sons.
Musharraf married Sehba on 28 December 1968. Sehba is from Karachi. They have a daughter, Ayla, and a son, Bilal. He named Bilal after a close friend that died in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Bilal trained as an actuary in Boston and subsequently went into the education sector after completing his MBA and MA in Education from Stanford University. Bilal is married to Irum Aftab and has a son and daughter. Ayla is an architect married to film director Asim Raza and has two daughters Mariam and Zainab.
Musharraf published his autobiography — In the Line of Fire: A Memoir — in 2006.
As President, he had two Pekingese pet dogs. He enjoys listening to Pakistani classical music.
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