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 Party Quits Pakistan Coalition

People's Party, government's senior partner, likely to remain, with new allies

Aug 25, 08 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan’s coalition government collapsed today, the Wall Street Journal reports, with the Pakistan Muslim League—led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif—breaking with the Pakistan People’s Party. Sharif said his party was quitting the alliance because it wouldn’t restore judges sacked by just-ousted president Pervez Musharraf.... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan coalition talks

Democracy to Avenge Bhutto's Death: Zardari

Prez nominee says no deal was cut with departing Musharraf

Aug 24, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democracy will avenge Benazir Bhutto's death and diminish rising extremism in Pakistan, Bhutto's widower tells Newsweek. Asif Ali Zardari, now a presidential nominee, says he cut no deal with departing president Pervez Musharraf and hopes he will stay to witness rule by the people. “Personally I would like him... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • extremism • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • election

Pakistan Rivals Agree to Debate Fate of Judges

Bhutto's widower becomes frontrunner for Sept. 6 election

Aug 22, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's rival parties will debate next week whether to reinstate judges fired by ousted President Musharraf, a sign of compromise on an issue that has threatened to dissolve the ruling coalition, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, the nation's biggest party, the PPP, has nominated Benazir Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, to replace... More »

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Pakistan • Nawaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari • judges

Bhutto Widower Moves Closer
to Presidency

Pakistan's Zardari wins key opposition support to succeed Musharraf

Aug 20, 08 7:40 AM CDT
(AP) - A major opposition party has backed Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower and the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, reports the AP. Zardari's support from the MQM, a party once loyal to Musharraf, will strengthen his hand in a struggle with coalition partner... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan judges • Muttahida Qaumi Movement

 Musharraf
 Will Quit
 Tomorrow,
 Flee: Mag

Presidential spokesman denies allegations

Aug 17, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan President Musharraf will likely resign tomorrow, a former Musharraf aide told Newsweek, and flee to Saudi Arabia for three months of exile. Pakistan's top military commanders are aware of the news, but Musharraf's camp officially denies the story. "Your source is a liar. The information you have... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan army

 Coalition Moves to
 Impeach Musharraf 

Party leaders agree terms to oust president

Aug 7, 08 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's opposition leaders reached an early-morning deal to impeach embattled president Pervez Musharraf unless he voluntarily steps down, reports the Times of London. A list of charges is being drawn up, and will give the president options to defend himself before Parliament. Musharraf vowed to fight his ouster, saying, "... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • impeachment • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan army

 Bhutto Investigation
 Going Nowhere 

Though her party now rules Pakistan, Dec. assassination 'a forgotten chapter'

Jul 4, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - There doesn’t seem to be much urgency behind the hunt for Benazir Bhutto’s killers, the Los Angeles Times reports, though her party has come to power in Pakistan since the Dec. 27 assassination. The government still hasn’t commissioned an independent investigation, and police have all but abandoned... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Baitullah Mehsud

 Rival Calls for
 Musharraf's Head 

'We asked you to quit with honor but you didn't,' Sharif says

Jun 14, 08 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A political rival blasted President Pervez Musharraf today, leading a massive crowd to chant “Hang him, hang him,” the New York Times reports. In a televised address that capped off days of protest in Islamabad, Nawaz Sharif grew heated: “We asked you to quit with honor... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • impeachment • trial • hanging • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari

 'Traitor' Musharraf
 Should Be Tried: Sharif 

Pakistan coalition continues to disagree on president's fate

May 28, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nawaz Sharif labeled Pervez Musharraf a "traitor" today, and claimed his allies in Pakistan's coalition government had agreed to oust the president, the AP reports. "A high treason case should be registered against him and he should be given the punishment of a traitor," Sharif told members... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • impeachment • military coup • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan coalition talks

Pakistan Teeters After Ministers
Quit Coalition

Sharif pulls out over rehiring judges;
Zardari will lead talks

May 13, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's 6-week-old government is in turmoil today after the prime minister refused to accept the resignation of nine members of the cabinet. Former PM Nawaz Sharif led the walkout in a dispute over the reinstatement of judges sacked during last year's state of emergency, reports the BBC. More »

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

Judges' Dispute Sunders Pakistan's Ruling Coalition

Sharif's Muslim League breaks with People's Party, will still support government

May 12, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The second-largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition pulled out today after a disagreement over the reinstatement of judges removed by President Pervez Musharraf, Bloomberg reports. Nawaz Sharif said nine Pakistan Muslim League ministers would leave the cabinet led by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, but would not enter the opposition,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan coalition talks • Pakistan judges

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

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

Bhutto's Party Delays PM
Decision

Meeting ends without expected nom; Bhutto widower will decide

Mar 6, 08 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's party deferred its choice for PM candidate today, adding greater uncertainty to Pakistan's volatile political landscape, Bloomberg reports. Makhdoom Amin Fahim, the Pakistan People's Party's No. 2 and a longtime Bhutto loyalist, had been expected to take the top job today. But a meeting of the party's newly... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • prime minister • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Makhdoom Amin Fahim

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

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

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