Original: He is best known internationally for ordering Pakistan 's 1998 nuclear tests in response to India 's nuclear tests , World : Monitoring Nawaz Sharif 's speech -- BBC News , 28 May , 1998 and the abrupt end of his final term in a dramatic coup by General Pervez Musharraf .
Simplified: He is best known internationally for ordering Pakistan 's 1998 nuclear tests in response to India 's nuclear tests , and the quick end of his final term in a coup by General Pervez Musharraf .