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Pakistan's top court has summoned former President Pervez Musharraf to explain his 2007 firing of several dozen independent-minded judges. Wednesday's court notice allows Musharraf to send a lawyer in his place.
A Pakistani court ordered the release Tuesday of the founder of banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba because there was insufficient evidence to link him to last year's deadly Mumbai attacks. India immediately condemned the ruling.
Pakistan's top court Tuesday lifted an election ban on opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, giving the former prime minister a major political boost by allowing him to run for office.
Pakistan's Supreme Court chief justice retired Saturday, opening the way for the restoration of a judge ousted by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and championed by opponents of the current pro-Western government.
Pakistan's government considered cutting a deal with the opposition Friday to ease a political crisis undermining its shaky one-year rule, but stepped up a nationwide crackdown on demonstrators converging on the capital for a major rally.
With his supporters rioting for a third day, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif blamed Pakistan's government Friday for the political turmoil set off by a court order barring him from elected office — unrest that he warned could be exploited by Islamic extremists.
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday reinstated three judges ousted by Pervez Musharraf, cementing political divisions in the country a day before it elects a new president.
Fighter jets bombed Taliban hide-outs in Pakistan's troubled northwest while troops pushed into militant territory on the ground, killing at least 40 insurgents in a 24-hour siege, the army said Saturday.
Northwest Pakistan lawmakers have passed a resolution against President Pervez Musharraf, the second major act in the ruling coalition's campaign to impeach and oust the embattled leader.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday rebuffed a senior U.S. official for saying that Pakistan should focus on food prices and militancy rather than the fate of President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed a special parliamentary election in a Lahore district to give it time to decide whether to allow former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to run.
A Pakistani court ruled Monday that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not eligible to run in upcoming parliamentary by-elections because he had been convicted of a crime.
Pakistani lawyers met Saturday to decide whether to mount street protests against the government after its failure to reinstate judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf.
A spokesman for Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says Sharif will run for parliament in June.
A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted the brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a murder case after the families of the dead suddenly withdrew their accusations, lawyers said.
Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan's president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood."
Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif said Monday that U.S-backed anti-terror operations have left Pakistan "drowned in blood," issuing some of his harshest criticism yet of President Pervez Musharraf.
In his two turns as prime minister in the 1990s, Nawaz Sharif tried to endear himself to Pakistan's people with populist policies and did little to please the United States and other foreign allies. He might yet get the chance to repeat that role.
Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday by an attacker who shot her after a campaign rally and then blew himself up. Her death stoked new chaos across the nuclear-armed nation, an important U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He demanded that President Pervez Musharraf resign immediately.
Pakistan's Election Commission said Tuesday that opposition leader Nawaz Sharif cannot run in parliamentary elections next month, eliminating the former prime minister's chances of returning to office.
Pakistan's election campaign began in earnest Monday, a day after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dropped threats to boycott the balloting to protest President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of a state of emergency.
The party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced Sunday that it would participate in Pakistan's parliamentary elections next month after failing to persuade rival Benazir Bhutto to join a boycott.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's opposition party decided Sunday to run in next month's parliamentary elections, a move could clear the way for other members of Pakistan's largest opposition coalition to participate.
At a time when entire world is marching towards progress, Pakistan is one nation that has started its march backwards. Development had long been halted in the country that is facing the struggle of its existence.
DAWN.COM | Art & Culture | Wheels keep on turningBuses in Pakistan are impossible to miss – bright, loud and colourful, they can be seen across city streets and along highways, usually travelling in an unholy haste. They also tend to be overcrowded, commuters spilling on to rooftops and hanging off the sides.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Failed state? Try Pakistan�s M2 motorwayISLAMABAD: If you want a slice of peace and stability in a country with a reputation for violence and chaos, try Pakistan's M2 motorway.
DAWN.COM | Sci-Tech | Science, poetry and prejudiceAbdus Salam's 15th death anniversary went unnoticed recently. The 25th death anniversary of Waheed Murad that fell on the same day was celebrated with fanfare. They say nations which do not honour their great men cease to produce them.
Will a Maverick be the PPP's Messiah?The evening of November 9th was a tumultuous affair: full of excitement, revelations, astounding robust thrills, political reverberations, media resonance and the restrained admittance of a Messiah-in-the-making by a resurgence of political association between once friends and re …
DAWN.COM | Columnists | Why not a civilian head of ISI?By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009
War and politicsTheir claim of fighting for Islam was always a sham. That they are barbarous animals has been exposed by the bombing of innocent people in Peshawar. This is not the first time and it will not be the last.
The supreme leader of MQM, Mr Altaf Hussain, has advised President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, to resign from his post.
Kerry's 'Explanatory Statement' Does Not Solve Our Problem: Marvi MemonISLAMABAD, Pakistan-One of the brightest stars of the next generation of Pakistani leaders, Pakistan Muslim League politician Marvi Memon, a member of Parliament, has rejected the manner in which Washington has embedded humiliating conditions in a bill that US officials and polit …
Pakistan and the curse of imported leadersISLAMABAD (By Special Correspondent): A technocrat who had allegedly leaked Pakistan's top financial secret to the International Monetary Fund at a crucial time when the country was reeling to cope with the sanctions America and Europe had imposed after nuke tests in 1998 is no …
Will PPP swallow the bitter LHC pill?Islamabad: Close associates of the stalwarts of lawyers' movement and anti-PPP right wing activists are reportedly prominent among the nominees for the vacant posts of judges at the Lahore High Court.
Were Pakistanis Deceived By A Politicized Supreme Court?In 2007 Condi Rice, Richard Boucher and British diplomat Mark Lyall Grant created a law called NRO to whitewash the illegal wealth of Benazir Bhutto, Asif Zardari and many other Pakistanis to help them come to power.
PML(N) Politician Involved In Killing Pakistani Christians For Land GrabAnother proof of a sick and a failed political system. A senior leader of PMLN used fake rumors of Quran desecration to expel minority Pakistanis from valuable land by burning them alive.
Singh-Gilani talks get mixed reception in IndiaNEW DELHI: The outcome of the India-Pakistan talks in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh has been received in India with mixed response.
Nawaz demands Musharraf�s trialThis guy has gone bonkers. Besides attacking Pervez Musharraf he has nothing to offer. Day in and day out he talks of nothing else. He forgets that he was the one who had had a tiff always with the COASs. He sacked him while he was in air that was illegal.
Most Pakistanis say Taliban, Qaeda critical threat to countryNEW YORK: Most Pakistanis now see the Pakistani Taliban as well as al Qaeda as a critical threat to the country—a major shift from 18 months ago—and support the government and army in their fight in the Swat Valley against the Pakistani Taliban , according to the findings of …
Cantonment in Swat imperative!On website pkpolitics.com, Ibrahim M Khalil in his article captioned 'Cantonment in Swat' has criticized the decision to establish cantonment in Swat. He started his article with joke denigrating and making mockery of Pakistan's institutions. It was indeed in bad taste.
By Ghalib Sultan : As feared, the strong support for Operation Rah-e-Rast (against Fake-Talibans and extremist miscreants who had been unabashedly maligning the image of Islam and that of Pakistan) is threatening to crumble courtesy Mian Nawaz Sharif's recently articulated …
Taliban: an Ideology, not the force of fightersTaliban, which spread a reign of terror, brutality and cruelty in Afghanistan till some time back, was seemed inactive after the attacks by the US led NATO forces.
Secret Saudi dinner, Karzai's brother and the Taliban The Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai has been involved in secret negotiations with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the former Mujaheddin leader now labelled a terrorist by the US and Britain.
China And US-Pak Counter Terrorism Co-OperationPakistan has always been an issue between China and the USA. During the cold war all the three formed a tri-lateral alliance to counter the Soviet Union. Afghanistan was their frontline state leading to the Taliban rule in Kabul with some Al Qaeda assistance thrown in.
Mr. Obama, Mr. Zardari and Mr. Karzai We suspect that there will be a lot of uncomfortable moments when President Obama meets on Wednesday with President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.
The Back Channel Two years ago, Pervez Musharraf, who was then Pakistan's President and Army chief, summoned his most senior generals and two Foreign Ministry officials to a series of meetings at his military office in Rawalpindi.
60 Miles From Islamabad If the Indian Army advanced within 60 miles of Islamabad, you can bet Pakistan's army would be fully mobilized and defending the country in pitched battles.
Chaos Theory - How Pakistan was Cast as a Failed StatePakistan is on the clock. "A fast-expanding Islamic insurgency…threatens to devour the country," wrote The New York Times this month.
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