--- description: Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf was reportedly targeted in a botched assassination plot in Islamabad on Thursday. title: Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf Targeted in Failed Assassination Plot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fca07f01daaa530/6986889d13c79f12cc19162b/pakistan-bomb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Musharraf Survives Assassination Attempt in Pakistan by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 6:50 AM CUT  A Pakistani policeman rolls barricade tape at the site of a bomb explosion in Islamabad on April 3, 2014. A Pakistani policeman rolls barricade tape at the site of a bomb explosion in Islamabad on April 3, 2014.Aamir Qureshi - AFP/Getty Images by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 6:50 AM CUT Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly dodged an assassination attempt on Thursday when a bomb [exploded ](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pakistans-musharraf-survives-assassination-bomb-attempt-police-043904503.html#5OMQgFr "undefined")minutes before his convoy was due to pass by in Islamabad. No one was injured in the explosion’s wake, according to officials. “Four kilograms of explosive device planted in a pipeline under a bridge exploded around 20 minutes before the former president was supposed to cross the spot,” senior police official Liaqat Niazi told AFP. The former military ruler, who headed the country with an iron fist from 1999 to 2008, has been facing myriad legal troubles, including charges of high treason, since he returned to Pakistan last year. Thursday’s botched assassination scheme was the fourth such attempt to kill Musharraf, AFP reports. The first three attempts occurred during his decade as Pakistan’s leader. \[[_AFP_](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pakistans-musharraf-survives-assassination-bomb-attempt-police-043904503.html#5OMQgFr "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/47841/pervez-musharraf-pakistan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/47841/pervez-musharraf-pakistan/"},"headline":"Musharraf Survives Assassination Attempt in Pakistan","datePublished":"2014-04-03T06:50:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:06:36.196Z","description":"Former President Pervez Musharraf was targeted in a botched assassination attempt on Thursday when a bomb exploded minutes before his convoy was due to pass the site in Islamabad. He faces a litany of legal troubles since his return to the country last year","url":"https://time.com/47841/pervez-musharraf-pakistan/","keywords":["Pakistan","Assassination","Terrorism","Asia","islamabad","South Asia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fca07f01daaa530/6986889d13c79f12cc19162b/pakistan-bomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fca07f01daaa530/6986889d13c79f12cc19162b/pakistan-bomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PAKISTAN-UNREST-MUSHARRAF","caption":"PAKISTAN-UNREST-MUSHARRAF","creditText":"Aamir Qureshi - AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/47841/pervez-musharraf-pakistan/","name":"Musharraf Survives Assassination Attempt in Pakistan"}}]}] ```