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NEWS ABOUT: Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf stories: 231 news summaries

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Red Mosque Holdouts Vow to Die

Pakistani government halts assault to allow women to escape, but rejects anything but unconditional surrender

Jul 6, 07 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The militant cleric in Islamabad's besieged Red Mosque who yesterday suggested a negotiated surrender today said he and his followers would martyr themselves, after the government refused to negotiate. Nineteen people have been killed since the stand-off began four days ago; several hundred students are estimated to remain inside the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Red Mosque

Hundreds at Pakistani Mosque Surrender

Troops seal off area around radical outpost

Jul 4, 07 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 700 students have agreed to leave Islamabad's Red Mosque under pressure from Pakistani police surrounding the compound, the BBC reports. Several thousand people, including students as young as 10, remain inside the radical mosque after a clash between security forces and dissidents yesterday killed 10 and wounded 140. More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Red Mosque • Lal Masjid • Islamabad

Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9

Islamic students clash with security forces in shootout; 140 wounded

Jul 3, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heavy gun battle between Pakistan's government and armed students at a radical mosque has left nine dead, the BBC reports. The melee lasted throughout the day as soldiers traded fire with militant students at Islamabad's controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque. Among the dead were three female students, a... More »

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Islam • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Red Mosque • Lal Masjid • Islamic Sharia law • Islamabad • mixed martial arts

Taliban Could Engulf Pakistan

Musharraf warned
that militants are moving beyond tribal border areas

Jun 30, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda and the Taliban have a foothold in remote regions of Pakistan that could explode into a takeover of that volatile country, the Times reports. A leaked memo from Pakistan's interior ministry warned military president Pervez Musharraf that Taliban fighters active on the Afghanistan border are spilling into the country... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • car bomb • al-Qaeda

Musharraf's Crisis Spreads to Bush

Administration rethinks friendship with embattled Pakistani prez

Jun 5, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration is weighing its previously unflinching alliance with Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, the Journal reports, as Islamabad spirals into political crisis. The Pentagon is brainstorming post-Pervez scenarios, and some insiders are even pushing for distance from the increasingly autocratic general-president. More »

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Bush administration • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamabad • Benazir Bhutto • crisis

Pakistan Bombing Kills 25

Suicide bomber hits crowded restaurant at lunchtime

May 15, 07 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber destroyed a hotel restaurant in Peshawar, Pakistan, today, killing 25 in what may have been a retaliation for the weekend slaying of a top Taliban chief. The bomber's severed leg had a note attached to it that read: "Those who spy for America will face the... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Mullah Dadullah • Peshawar • suicide bomber • bombing

General Strike Called After Violent Clashes In Pakistan

Pro-democracy push against Musharraf

May 14, 07 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A nationwide strike has been called for today in Pakistan, after violence over the weekend left 40 dead in Karachi, the Financial Times reports. Pressure is mounting against military rule by President Pervez Musharraf. "We want to demonstrate that this country is unanimous in opposing the government," said... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • violence • strike • Karachi

U.S. Unveils
7/7 Bombing Mastermind at Guantanamo

Bin Laden aide captured last year

Apr 28, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - U.S. officials revealed yesterday they have Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, widely considered the architect of the 7/7 London transit attacks, in custody at Guantanamo Bay. The CIA nabbed al-Hadi as he tried to enter Iraq last year, and the announcement suggests—the Times reports—that he's been in a "... More »

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Iraq • Pervez Musharraf • Abd al Hadi al Iraqi • london transit attacks • Guantanamo Bay • al-Qaeda

Pakistan Deserves Democracy

Novelist calls for transition from Musharraf's rule

Mar 27, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Pakistani novelist who's seen many benefits from Musharraf's rule concludes that it's time for the embattled leader to go. "By prolonging his rule, the general risks taking Pakistan backward and undermining much of the considerable good that he has been able to achieve," writes Mohsin Hamid.  More »

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Islam • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamic militants

Musharraf Should Step Down 

Pakistani president is a lame duck who can't control Islamic factions

Mar 22, 07 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani president Musharraf should finally do what he vowed back in 1999, says Ahmed Rashid: return the government to democracy. H e's too weak to salvage his credibility after recent public protests , and if he can't maintain power, Islamic extremists will seize the opportunity instead. He should disavow his own... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • politics • democracy • extremists • Islamic extremists

Pakistani Soldiers Storm Mosque

50 militants killed
in day of fighting; hostages' fate unknown

Jan 1, 07 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Almost 60 people are confirmed dead and dozens more feared killed 12 hours after the Pakistani army launched an all-out assault on the Red Mosque in Islamabad. A general says that most of the mosque is now under control, but militants continue to resist with rocket launchers and booby traps.... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Red Mosque • Abdul Rashid Ghazi

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