Pervez Musharraf News

By Robert Birsel

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The widower of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto should withdraw as a candidate for president because of questions about his mental health, a rival candidate said on Friday.

Bhutto's party has nominated Asif Ali Zardari and analysts say he should be able to secure enough votes to win a September 6 vote by legislators on a replacement for Pervez Musharraf, who resigned as president last week.

Investors hope the presidential election will bring some stability and a clearer outlook for the country.

ARE WE entering the age of the autocrat? It's certainly tempting to think so after watching Russia's recent clobbering of Georgia.

By Amar Guriro KARACHI: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Secretary General I.A Rehman and Pak-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy Pakistan Secretary General Anis Haroon have jointly urged the ...

Islamabad, Aug 28 : After nearly five months since the new federal government assumed power in Islamabad, the PPP last evening finally conceded that the Nov 3 "unconstitutional" steps taken by former president ...

Gen. Pervez Musharraf's resignation on Aug. 18 brings to an end an era of unprecedented Pakistani cooperation with US foreign policy and security needs.

Washington, Aug 27 : Pakistan can no longer hide its poor governance under the cover of accusations that its eastern and western neighbours were behind the internal strife it was passing through.

Asif Ali Zardari, the man poised to become Pakistan's next president, is still known as "Mr. 10 Percent" because of corruption allegations.

With violence worsening in Afghanistan and Pakistan, top U.S. military officers secretly met commanders from Islamabad on an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to talk about what else could be done.

The judges took oath in a ceremony at the Governor's House in the morning, after the federal government notified the two measures separately.

Police say a bomb hit a van carrying prisoners in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least eight people.

PAKASTANI troops have killed 19 militants in clashes near the Afghan border as the government struggled to combat an upsurge in Taliban bloodshed.

Government forces killed about 40 militants in clashes in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday as increasing violence, and political uncertainty deepened by a split in the government drove stocks lower.

A U.S. diplomat narrowly escaped an attempt on her life Tuesday when two men with AK-47s jumped in front of her armored vehicle and sprayed it with bullets, staging a brazen attack that raised fears other ...

Islamabad, Aug 26 : PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari seems to be safe as far as his presidential bid is concerned.

PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has suffered from depression and dementia in recent years, it has been revealed.

Two suicide bombers were unable to get past the main gate of Pakistan's largest munitions plant in a deadly attack yesterday.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 By Muhammad Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People's Party is all set to formally break the Islamabad Accord signed on August 7 and yet another promise its chief Asif Zardari made ...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 By Our Correspondent LAHORE CITY bar associations on Monday hoisted black flags on the call of the National Lawyers' Coordination Council.

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman has said the inflexible stand of the PML-N over the restoration of the deposed judges may lead to a split in the ruling alliance.

Houston News.Net Monday 25th August, 2008 Washington, Aug 25 : During his nine-year long rule, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf dealt lightly with terrorists, leaving them able to make trouble both ...