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Pakistan elections stories: 41 news summaries

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Pakistan Delays Vote to Feb. 18 After Violence

Musharraf asks London police for help in Bhutto assassination probe

Jan 2, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - On the day Pakistan announced it had rescheduled parliamentary elections for Feb. 18 in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, President Pervez Musharraf has asked Scotland Yard to "solve all the confusion" surrounding her death, CNN reports. The country's election commission said the wave of violence after Bhutto's assassination... More »

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Pakistan Vote to Be Delayed at
Least 4 Weeks

Many election offices damaged in violence; PPP opposes setback

Dec 31, 07 8:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's January 8 election will be postponed by at least 4 weeks, "if not more," because of violence in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, election officials tell AFP. The election commission recommended a delay, but won't specify a date until tomorrow. Bhutto's party opposes postponement on grounds... More »

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Pitched Power Battle Triggered by Bhutto Death

More upheaval as parties jockey
for control in chaos

Dec 28, 07 3:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto will exacerbate already fraught tensions between competing Pakistani political parties, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bhutto's secular, generally pro-Western Pakistan Peoples' Party was expected to do well in upcoming parliamentary elections, but the future of the PPP is now uncertain in the aftermath of Bhutto's... More »

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Benazir Bhutto Killed
in Attack on Rally

Former Pakistani PM dies in surgery;
15 others killed in suicide bombing

Dec 27, 07 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto died in surgery today after an explosion at a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The suicide attacker detonated a bomb as the former prime minister left the rally where thousands were gathered to hear her speak. "She has been martyred," said a spokesman for Bhutto's party. The... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • martial law • Pakistan elections

Constitutional Changes Spark New Battles in Pakistan

Opponents vow to undo Musharraf's revisions

Dec 16, 07 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf just retired his army uniform, but he should prepare for a fight, the AP says, as Nawaz Sharif's opposition group plans to reverse constitutional revisions he made before lifting emergency rule yesterday. Musharraf imposed limits on the press, sealed the retirements of Supreme Court judges, and... More »

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Musharraf Quits as Army Chief

'Relationship will continue,' he vows, 'though I will not be in uniform'

Nov 28, 07 2:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stepped down today as chief of his nation's military in a bid to ease the tensions gripping the country. He will be installed as civilian president for a five-year term tomorrow. His resignation officially marks the end of military rule, though the country remains in a... More »

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Sharif Joins Pakistan Fray

Musharraf's bitterest rival files for elections, vows to boycott unless emergency rule is lifted

Nov 26, 07 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who returned to Pakistan yesterday after 8 years in exile, today filed papers to run in January's nationwide election, although he says he will boycott the vote unless President Pervez Musharraf lifts emergency rule, the BBC reports. Sharif—who was welcomed by throngs of supporters ... More »

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Commonwealth Boots Pakistan

Group ignores Musharraf's plea, predicts 'severe' economic effects

Nov 22, 07 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Ten days after demanding democracy in Pakistan, the 53-nation Commonwealth yanked the country's membership today until Musharraf lifts military rule, the Times reports. The vote will nix hundreds of millions of pounds of investment and have "severe consequences for investment" for Pakistan's economy, a Commonwealth member said.  More »

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Musharraf Won't Budge for US

In further blow to power, president's political party calls for end to martial law

Nov 17, 07 1:29 PM CST
(Newser) - In a face-to-face meeting today with a top American diplomat, Pervez Musharraf remained tightlipped when pressed on when he would end emergency rule in Pakistan. Musharraf told John Negroponte he would cease martial law when security improves in the country, but his resistance is winning him few fans in Pakistan... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • diplomacy • State Department • John Negroponte • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • military rule • Pakistan elections • George W. Bush

Bhutto Steps Up Challenge to Emergency Rule

Protesting lawyers arrested for third day

Nov 7, 07 5:14 AM CST
(Newser) - The crisis in Pakistan escalated today as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto vowed to go ahead with a protest rally against emergency rule in Rawalpindi Friday, and lawyers battled police in the streets for a third day. Bhutto challenged President Pervez Musharraf to end military rule before Nov. 9, saying she... More »

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Musharraf Victory Likely Will Stand

Analysts predict court won't void Pakistan leader's victory

Oct 7, 07 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The official ruling is 10 days off, but it’s likely Pakistan’s Supreme Court will uphold the re-election of President Pervez Musharraf, analysts tell Reuters. The court could still rule Musharraf ineligible because he ran while head of the army, but it probably won’t take such drastic action.... More »

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Musharraf and Bhutto Reach Accord, at Last

But new Supreme Court ruling casts Pakistani election into doubt

Oct 5, 07 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - After months of negotiations, Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto have struck a deal that paves the way for him to win re-election and for her to return to Pakistan. The accord includes full amnesty not only for Bhutto but for all public figures charged with corruption from 1988 to 1999,... More »

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Bhutto to Boycott Vote, Says Corruption Charges Remain

Claims deal 'stalled'
on Musharraf inaction

Oct 3, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto announced today her party would boycott Saturday’s presidential elections, saying power-sharing talks with Pervez Musharraf are “totally stalled." The former PM said Musharraf was also lying about having dropped corruption charges against her, the Guardian reports. “He is not prepared to give a level... More »

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Pakistani Prez Drops Charges Against Bhutto

Musharraf boosts hopes of power-sharing deal with longtime rival

Oct 2, 07 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani politics took another hairpin turn today when Pervez Musharraf dropped longstanding corruption charges against ex-PM Benazir Bhutto, reviving prospects of an alliance between the rivals. Musharraf is hoping Bhutto dissuades her party from joining the 85 parliament members boycotting Saturday's presidential election to rob it of legitimacy. Bhutto was... More »

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Pakistanis Protest Court Ruling

Journalists, lawyers clash with police over decision allowing Musharraf to seek another term

Sep 29, 07 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Protests broke out in Pakistan today after lawmakers approved Pervez Musharraf's run for re-election. Protesters, led by journalists and lawyers. clashed with police, who hurled tear gas and brandished riot batons outside a federal building. At least 3 demonstrators were hospitalized and 2 journalists arrested after the melee, CNN reports. More »

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Opposition
Will Boycott Musharraf Election

Vow to resign from parliament next week

Sep 28, 07 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani opposition leaders vow to vacate their legislative seats to protest President Pervez Musharraf's bid for re-election next week, the BBC reports. Members of the influential MMA religious alliance say they will resign from parliament and four provincial assemblies, which decide who will be the next president. More »

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Pakistani Parliament
Vows to Quit

Musharraf's gambit to resign military post after election not a hit

Sep 18, 07 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. Perez Musharraf’s promise to resign his military post only if he is re-elected president in October drew howls of protest today from Pakistani opposition parties, who threatened a mass resignation in Parliament. “He is blackmailing,” one leader told the AP. “We reject this conditional offer... More »

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No Deal Yet, but Bhutto Vows Return

Pakistan's ex-PM leaves door open for further talks with Musharraf over "restoration of democracy"

Sep 1, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - She hasn’t reached a power-sharing deal yet and still faces corruption charges, but Benazir Bhutto says she’ll announce the date of her return to Pakistan on September 14. Speaking from London, the two-time prime minister said talks with Pervez Musharraf have been “80% successful,” the BBC... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • London • Benazir Bhutto • exile • Nawaz Sharif • alliance • Pakistan elections

Exiled Ex-PM Allowed to Return to Pakistan

Court ruling another blow to Musharraf

Aug 23, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former PM Nawaz Sharif may return to Pakistan from exile, the country’s Supreme Court ruled today, dealing another blow president Pervez Musharraf. Sharif had already declared his intentions to challenge the "dictatorship" of Musharraf, who deposed Sharif in a 1999 coup, in upcoming elections. But Sharif, the BBC... More »

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Musharraf Backs Down From  Emergency Rule

Under pressure, ruling general instead moves toward elections

Aug 9, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - After wide speculation that he would invoke emergency measures to deal with mounting violence and instability, Pakistan's president put out word today that he will stay the course on elections, Reuters reports. Beset by Islamic militants, constitutional challenges and declining poll numbers, Pervez Musharraf was thought to be on the... More »

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