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Pakistan Parties Agree on Judges' Return

Justices axed by Musharraf set to be reseated by parliament

May 1, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan’s ruling political parties have reached a deal to reinstate the judges Pervez Musharraf fired during his state of emergency, the BBC reports today. The agreement leaves intact the anti-Musharraf coalition that almost splintered over the issue. Asif Ali Zardari, head of the Pakistan Peoples Party, wanted reinstatement tied... More »

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Pakistan • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan judges

US Steps Up Secret
Pakistan Air Strikes

Predators hammer al-Qaeda strongholds before Pakistan cracks down

Mar 27, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is stepping up air strikes on suspected al-Qaeda strongholds in Pakistan, the Washington Post reports. The Predator bombings—which neither the US or Pakistan will officially confirm—aim to rattle terror leaders out of hiding before the country's new leaders are expected to demand the US scale back... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamic extremists • Waziristan • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan militants • Predator • airstrike • al-Qaeda

Bhutto's Party
Nominates New
Prime Minister

Ex-speaker once went to jail to avoid cutting deal with Musharraf

Mar 22, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The party of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto named Yusuf Raza Gillani as its pick for prime minister of Pakistan today, the BBC reports. He is virtually guaranteed to be voted in Tuesday but won’t be PM for long, analysts say. The ex-speaker is expected to step down as soon as... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari • Yusuf Raza Gillani

Pakistan's New Leaders Will Open Talks With Militants

New coalition will defy US, open negotiations

Mar 22, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's new coalition government says it will negotiate with the militants thought to be behind a wave of recent suicide bombings, the New York Times reports. The change in strategy will alarm US officials, who have recently stepped up strikes on suspected al-Qaeda strongholds using pilotless Predator drones. Pakistanis blame... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Islamic extremists • Benazir Bhutto • Waziristan • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan militants • Asif Ali Zardari • Predator • al-Qaeda • Swat Valley

Bhutto's Party
to Name Next Pakistani PM

Shariz allies drop candidate as 'goodwill gesture' to PPP

Mar 21, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The party of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said today it will name Pakistan's next premier this weekend, AFP reports. After former PM Nawaz Sharif's party pulled their  candidate as a "goodwill gesture," the PPP candidate will likely be sworn in Tuesday without much debate, the AP reports.... More »

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Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari • Fehmida Mirza

 Pakistan's New
 Parliament Sworn In

Coalition set for a showdown with Musharraf

Mar 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's newly anti-Musharraf National Assembly was sworn in today, a month after politicians hostile to the president swept the general election. The new coalition has promised to reinstate the judges that the president booted when he declared a state of emergency in November. These judges would likely challenge the validity... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • prime minister • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan National Assembly

Pakistani Parties Spurn Musharraf, Forge Coalition

Leaders plan to reinstate judges deposed by president

Mar 9, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani opposition parties formed a coalition today that snubbed President Pervez Musharraf. The alliance of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif and the late Benazir Bhutto's party will also reinstate the judges deposed by Musharraf last year. Having opposed Musharraf's reelection bid, the judges are also likely to challenge his presidency in court,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Pashtun • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • US-Pakistan relations • Pakistan judges

Pakistan Charges 5 in Bhutto Murder

Top Taliban leader and others accused
of plotting assassination

Mar 1, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan have filed charges against five men, including the country’s top Taliban commander, accusing them of planning the December assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the AP reports. President Pervez Musharaff had named the Taliban leader (and suspected al-Qaeda operative), Baitullah Mehsud, days after the attack, but today’s... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Shahbaz Sharif • Afghan border • Baitullah Mehsud

Bush Push
for Musharraf Angers Pakistan

Media turns on US as Washington supports beleaguered president

Feb 29, 08 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - His political future might be in doubt, but Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is still receiving forceful backing from the Bush administration after his party's drubbing in parliamentary elections—and it's angering Pakistanis, reports the New York Times. "I’ve never seen such an irrational, impractical move on the part... More »

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Bush administration • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • John Negroponte • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • US-Pakistan relations • George W. Bush

Nawaz Sharif Says He'll Run for Parliament

Ex-PM plots return to political power after election victory

Feb 27, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Nawaz Sharif will stand in a special election for a vacant seat in Pakistan's parliament, he said yesterday, opening the way for his return to political power. The two-time prime minister, whose Muslim League is set to form a coalition government with Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party after last week's... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • prime minister • Pakistan elections • Makhdoom Amin Fahim • Pakistan coalition talks

Pakistan Opposition Leaders Form Ruling Coalition

Sharif, Zardari agree to 'common agenda' for governing after election victory

Feb 21, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s two major opposition leaders agreed today to one “common agenda” and will form a coalition government, the BBC reports. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari—widower of Benazir Bhutto and now head of the Pakistan People's Party—called for the immediate reinstatement of Pakistan’s... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari • coalition government

Musharraf Pushes Swiss to Prosecute Foe

Alleges Bhutto widower stashed $55M in Swiss bank account

Feb 21, 08 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - As the battle to control Pakistan heats up, President Pervez Musharraf's lawyers have asked the Swiss government to prosecute Asif Ali Zardari over decade-old corruption charges. Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto and leader of the victorious Pakistan People's Party, is charged with hiding $55 million in kickbacks in a... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Switzerland • corruption • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Police Gas Pakistan Lawyers

Protests supporting sacked chief justice turn violent

Feb 21, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan fired tear gas at a rally of about 100 lawyers in Karachi as the country's deposed chief justice, still under house arrest, roused supporters across the country on a smuggled mobile phone, calling for the incoming government to reinstate him and his colleagues. The justice, whom President... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Karachi • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Quetta

Musharraf Opposition Seek to Build Alliance

Parties of Bhutto,
Sharif look to each other, smaller partners

Feb 20, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The party of fallen Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is moving toward an alliance with longtime rival Nawaz Sharif after a strong showing in Monday's parliamentary election, Reuters reports. A coalition of the two parties, along with smaller independents, could control enough of the legislature to oust President Pervez Musharraf,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Awami National Party

New Pakistan Leaders to Seek Talks With Militants

Election victors continue to work for coalition government

Feb 20, 08 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The victors in the Pakistan elections favor negotiations with al-Qaeda and the Taliban over  military confrontation, reports the New York Times. “We will have a dialogue with those who are up in the mountains,” said Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. “We want... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • corruption • Benazir Bhutto • Baluchistan • Pakistan Supreme Court • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • election • coalition • dialogue • Gen. Jehangir Karamat

Musharraf Plans to Stay Prez Despite Loss

Hopes to forge
alliance and aid
'in a positive way'

Feb 19, 08 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf wants to stay president despite his party's crushing defeat in Pakistan's national election, he told the Wall Street Journal today. He said he hopes to aid the country's transition to democracy and cooperate with the next prime minister. "We have to move forward in a way that... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • election

Bhutto Loyalist Frontrunner to Be Pakistan PM

Musharraf's party concedes defeat after drubbing at ballot box

Feb 19, 08 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - President Pervez Musharraf's party has admitted defeat after losing a resounding two-thirds of its seats in parliament in Pakistan's parliamentary elections. Although final results are still not in, Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League have crushed the president's faction, which placed a distant third. The likely... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Makhdoom Amin Fahim

UPDATED

Pakistanis Await Poll Returns

Voter turnout light, international observers expect rigging

Feb 18, 08 5:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Polls have closed in Pakistani elections long-delayed by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, as fears of violence kept voter turnout down to an estimated 15%, Reuters reports. Heavy security, with more than 470,000 police and soldiers deployed at polls nationwide, did little to assuage citizens' anxiety as voting proceeded... More »

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Joe Biden • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • John Kerry • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Pakistan elections • election fraud

Bhutto Widower Warns of Pakistan Election Backlash

People 'on the warpath,' Asif Ali Zardari warns

Feb 17, 08 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pakistani government's suspected plans to disrupt tomorrow's elections will trigger widespread violence and the possible collapse of the nation, warned the widower of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto. "People are absolutely on the warpath" and will take to the streets if the election is rigged, Asif Ali Zardari told... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Mass Rigging Charged Ahead of Pakistan Vote

Bhutto's party appears unstoppable but some fear fraud will rob victory

Feb 15, 08 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's postponed parliamentary elections will finally take place on Monday, but allegations are flying that Pervez Musharraf's party has already rigged the vote. Pakistan's intelligence agencies have "pre-stuffed" ballot boxes, confiscated voter ID cards, and appointed party apparatchiks in key rural constituencies, a retired senior intelligence officer told the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

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