The party of assassinated Benazir Bhutto has nominated her widower to be Pakistan's next president, a party spokesman said Friday.
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for dual suicide bombings at a Pakistani military arms factory that police said killed 66 people and wounded more than 70 others.
The general seized power not for himself but on behalf of the army. His mistake was to believe he was indispensable
The resignation of Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf has been accepted with immediate effect by national lawmakers, a Pakistan official said.
The United States and Britain praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's contribution to the war on terror while the Bush administration claimed no role in the leader's resignation Monday.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has announced his resignation after weeks of pressure to relinquish power. But where does this leave Pakistan and the man who led it for almost a decade? Will the impeachment process continue against Musharraf? Musharraf has made many enemies since he seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999, deposing then prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup, Pakistan's President has decided to call it a day
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation, ending an eight-year tenure that opponents said was hampering the country's labored return to democracy
Pakistan's ruling coalition finalized impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday and a government minister said they could be filed as early as this week if he does not resign first.
A top ruling party official on Saturday gave Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a two-day deadline to quit or face impeachment proceedings
The party of assassinated Benazir Bhutto has nominated her widower to be Pakistan's next president, a party spokesman said Friday.
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for dual suicide bombings at a Pakistani military arms factory that police said killed 66 people and wounded more than 70 others.
The general seized power not for himself but on behalf of the army. His mistake was to believe he was indispensable
The resignation of Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf has been accepted with immediate effect by national lawmakers, a Pakistan official said.
The United States and Britain praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's contribution to the war on terror while the Bush administration claimed no role in the leader's resignation Monday.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has announced his resignation after weeks of pressure to relinquish power. But where does this leave Pakistan and the man who led it for almost a decade? Will the impeachment process continue against Musharraf? Musharraf has made many enemies since he seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999, deposing then prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup, Pakistan's President has decided to call it a day
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation, ending an eight-year tenure that opponents said was hampering the country's labored return to democracy
Pakistan's ruling coalition finalized impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday and a government minister said they could be filed as early as this week if he does not resign first.
A top ruling party official on Saturday gave Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a two-day deadline to quit or face impeachment proceedings
The former dictator is destined to move on, but the maneuvering over just how it will happen continues
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is negotiating through "back-channel contacts" to reach a compromise that would let him avoid impeachment, according to an official with the pro-Musharraf political party, PML-Q.
The third of Pakistan's four provincial assemblies passed a resolution Wednesday calling for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to step down or face impeachment.
The second of Pakistan's four provincial assemblies has passed a resolution calling for President Pervez Musharraf to step down or face impeachment.
One of Pakistan's four provincial assemblies passed a resolution Monday calling for President Pervez Musharraf to leave office -- the latest tack by Pakistani lawmakers pressuring the politically embattled president to step down or face impeachment.
Pakistan's lower house of Parliament was set to convene Monday as the ruling coalition geared up to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's lower house of parliament convenes Monday evening with the task of removing President Pervez Musharraf from office high on its to-do list.
The head of Pakistan's ruling coalition announced Thursday that the government will move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.
The head of Pakistan's ruling coalition announced Thursday that the government will move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's embattled president now faces impeachment charges, and with his often warring opponents closing ranks against him, the prospects for his survival don't look good
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in China, despite an earlier report that he scrapped the trip amid a brewing political standoff in his home country.
Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers and flag-waving activists launched a cross-country march toward Islamabad on Monday to demand the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf vowed Saturday to resist pressure for him to resign
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dismissed mounting speculation he is preparing to resign while his political opponents and media on Friday clamored for his departure
The junior partner in Pakistan's fragile coalition quit the government Tuesday, saying it has not delivered on a promise to restore judges that President Pervez Musharraf fired.
Failure to agree on reinstating sacked judges may reveal a deeper schism over how to handle President Musharraf
As a new parliament convenes, the consensus is that the US war hasn't worked and that it's time for a new approach
On editorial pages and in the streets, incensed Pakistanis accused an impatient America on Thursday of meddling in the country's affairs even before it was done naming a new cabinet.
Yousaf Raza Gilani was sworn in as Pakistan's new prime minister Tuesday by the same man he blames for jailing him for five years -- President Pervez Musharraf.
A new Prime Minister promises to restore democracy and reverse the dictator's recent moves. But how far can he go without compromising the war on terror?
Pakistan's parliament convened Monday and within minutes, it was apparent that the session in the coming days will devolve into a showdown between the newly-elected lawmakers and beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's attorney general Monday rejected a plan by opposition lawmakers to reinstate the country's ousted Supreme Court justices within 30 days of parliament's first session.
Two rival parties have united against Pakistan's unpopular President, signaling that the battlefield has changed
Shortly after making their coalition official, Pakistan's main opposition parties on Sunday called on President Pervez Musharraf to immediately convene parliament.
Musharraf's party lost the election because of the price of flour and food. It's the foremost problem facing the next government
Speculation is growing in Pakistan over the leader's future after a decisive election defeat. Though he has vowed to remain, some say he would take a graceful exit
A Pakistani television cable and satellite channel resumed programming Saturday morning, several hours after it was abruptly shut down for reportedly upsetting the president.
A Pakistani television station was abruptly shut down Friday, after it allowed two broadcasters who had been banned by the government to appear on air, a station official said.
A key ally in the war on terror sees his power diminishing, and his challengers don't necessarily share U.S. priorities
Italian politicians in times of political turmoil have been known to call impending elections a "bridge to the unknown." This is an apt metaphor for the nationwide parliamentary vote set to occur in Pakistan on Monday.
The husband of assassinated Benazir Bhutto has called for a government of national unity -- but failed to say how it would work with President Pervez Musharraf.
A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable -- if his political foes can unite
The ruling party of Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf admitted defeat in parliamentary elections Tuesday, and one senior opposition leader said it was time for the president to step down.
Having seen his party crushed in Pakistan's general elections, the President could see his grip on power broken
Pakistan will hold parliamentary elections Monday, with political parties competing for 272 seats in the National Assembly.
TIME's Aryn Baker spoke recently to Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the lawyers protests that shook the regime of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
Deadly suicide bombings are becoming an accepted part of daily life in Pakistan, with each new attack appearing to chip away at President Pervez Musharraf's waning popularity.
Support from Pakistanis for al Qaeda and the Taliban has plummeted in Pakistan, and so has their confidence in the current government, according to two recently released nationwide polls.
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan played down the impact of recent attacks in a region that borders Afghanistan, saying Tuesday they were "pinpricks" that his government must manage.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said that his government will instruct troops to shoot anyone trying to disrupt next month's parliamentary elections, according to the state-run news agency.
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf lashed out Thursday at what he called Western "intellectual arrogance" toward his country, angrily dismissing claims that rising unpopularity has undermined his authority.
President Pervez Musharraf promised Monday that Pakistan will hold fair elections next month and urged the West to be more patient
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto ignored government warnings -- and defended himself against accusations that he had a role in her slaying.
U.S. presidential candidates sought Sunday to use their response to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as an example of their expertise in international affairs.
Musharraf may have lifted the order, but with elections on the horizon, many of his recent draconian measures endure
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has promised to lift the controversial emergency rule he imposed on his country last month and says the upcoming parliamentary elections will be "free and fair."
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Thursday that he will end a state of emergency on December 16 ahead of upcoming elections -- a key demand by the United States and opposition leaders.
The newly civilian President has scheduled a Dec. 16 end to military rule, a move that puts his rivals, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto, in a tight spot
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stepped down as the country's military leader Wednesday, the day before he was to be sworn in for a third presidential term -- as a civilian.
Viewpoint: President Pervez Musharraf steps down as army chief. But his damage to Pakistan won't be repaired soon
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under pressure to end a state of emergency that critics say he is using to keep his grip on power, will step down as the country's military leader on Wednesday, his spokesman said.
As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was confirmed for a third term Saturday, the prime minister he overthrew in 1999 announced his plans to return home Sunday.
The Pakistani Supreme Court, packed with judges appointed in recent days by President Pervez Musharraf, dismissed five major petitions against him Monday contesting the validity of his re-election, the nation's attorney general said.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Sunday that he had expressed to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf the United States' displeasure with Pakistan's emergency rule and urged Musharraf to lift the order and release all political detainees ahead of elections.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for two hours Saturday in a bid to urge the president to help stabilize the growing unrest in his country.
As the US pushes the Pakistani President to end his state of emergency, the general makes some concessions, but ordinary Pakistanis are skeptical that much will change
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, freed from house arrest, has rejected President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's new interim government, deeming it "not acceptable."
The U.S. power-sharing plan is near death. Can diplomacy buy enough time to come up with a post-Musharraf policy?
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday called on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to immediately step down in the wake of a mass crackdown on the opposition this week.
Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Sunday that elections will go ahead in January despite a state of emergency that he said was needed to tackle extremists and ensure free and fair elections.
Pakistan has ordered three reporters from Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper to leave, government sources said Saturday, because of a Friday editorial deemed offensive to President Pervez Musharraf.
Under intense international pressure to restore democracy in Pakistan, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced Thursday that parliamentary elections will be held by Feb. 15 and restated his pledge to step down as the country's military leader.
Musharraf gives in to the demand for elections, and even his rival, Benazir Bhutto, shows a new respect for the popular will
Baton-wielding police fought with lawyers outside courthouses in Islamabad and Lahore again Tuesday, arresting dozens more as they enforced Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's crackdown on judicial activism.
If his emergency rule is about terrorism, why is he going after mainstream politicians and lawyers instead of the extremists?
The United States has urged Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to sever his links with the military and reinstate civilian rule.
Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of martial law was a wake-up call for Washington, leaving the future alliance with the Pakistani president in question.
Hours after declaring a state of emergency Saturday, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered troops to take a television station's equipment and put a popular opposition leader under house arrest.
Police fired tear gas and battered thousands of lawyers protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency rule
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was under fire at home and abroad Sunday after declaring an indefinite state of emergency that the West is calling a blow to democracy.
Pakistan's state of emergency will make the country more unstable -- and pose new challenges to the U.S.
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on whether to overturn his recent election
Bomb blasts, insurgency and legal challenges are combining to imperil the prospects that Washington's ally will be able to maintain stability in Pakistan
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto told CNN she suspects members of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's regime may have been indirectly involved in last week's suicide bombing that targeted her convoy.
A Pakistan military helicopter that was escorting Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, crashed in Pakistan-held Kashmir Monday, killing at least four people, according to Pakistan Army and intelligence sources.
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf was Saturday elected for a third term as president according to unofficial ballot results, state-run TV reported.
Benazir Bhutto's opposition party will not join a boycott against Saturday's vote that is expected to give Gen. Pervez Musharraf a third term as Pakistan's president, but the self-exiled opposition leader said, "We will not be voting for him."
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf named his successor to the country's top military post Tuesday in what may be an effort to ease concerns over his pledge to step down as army chief post as he seeks a third term as president.
Pakistan's election commission Saturday accepted President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's nomination to run in next week's presidential elections as riots between police and anti-Musharraf protesters erupted outside the commission's building in Islamabad.
Less than 24 hours after Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled in favor of President General Pervez Musharraf's eligibility to run for a second term in office, government forces laid siege to the Supreme Court grounds, where several hundred lawyers had taken refuge after a vicious attack on a peaceful protest in the capital, Islamabad.
Riot police fired tear gas and used batons on lawyers protesting the decision by Pakistan's Election Commission to approve President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid on Saturday
Pakistan's Supreme Court allows the general to run again for President despite being commander of the military. The decision drew jeers from his opponents -- but also some relief
Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled Friday afternoon the country's leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is eligible to run in next week's elections for another five-year presidential term.
The chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday ordered the government to immediately release recently detained political opposition members.
A rash of arrests in the run-up to planned elections has Pakistan wondering if the President's hold on power is slipping
With jihadists denouncing him as an apostate and democrats denouncing him as a dictator, Pakistan's U.S.-allied leader is desperately short of friends
An audio message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released Thursday called on Muslims to "carry out jihad" against Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who has been living in exile since 1999, says she plans to return to her country on October 18.
The imminent homecoming of the Prime Minister he deposed is the latest challenge to the Pakistani President
Suicide bombers, likely inspired by the Taliban, strike close to the Pakistani leader's military headquarters
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