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NEWS ABOUT: Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf stories: 231 news summaries

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 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 Nears Peace Deal
With Militants

Suspected Bhutto assassin said to have called off his fighters

Apr 25, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new government of Pakistan is close to brokering a deal that will end hostilities with the most militant tribes in the country's dangerous northwest. A draft of the peace agreement calls for an end to violence, a prisoner exchange, and a gradual withdrawal of the Pakistani military from part... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Baitullah Mehsud • Pakistan army • South Waziristan

OPINION

 Next Prez's To-Do:
 Fix Diplomacy 

New administration will need to fix problems Bush has not addressed

Apr 3, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking the attitude that "since we were now all-powerful, allies were no longer necessary," President Bush damaged the US' image and diminished its power, Fred Kaplan writes in Slate. How can the next president heal our diplomatic woes?
  1. Visit all Middle East countries; leave a full-time envoy:
... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Middle East • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Israel and Palestinians • foreign policy • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

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

Pakistan PM's First Move Flouts Musharraf

Gilani takes office, orders judges jailed
by president freed

Mar 24, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yousaf Raza Gilani ordered the release of 60 judges detained by Pervez Musharraf only minutes after being elected Pakistan's prime minister today, CBS reports. The president replaced the judges with a friendlier crop after imposing a state of emergency in November. If the freed justices are reinstated, a renewed legal... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Iftikhar Chaudhry • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan judges • Yusuf Raza Gillani

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

Security Boss Suspected by Bhutto Will Quit

Ex-PM fingered Shah among likely plotters before Dec. killing

Mar 19, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Pakistani intelligence chief whom slain leader Benazir Bhuttto suspected to be plotting against her is leaving his post with Bhutto's party poised to take power Monday, Reuters reports. Bhutto identified Ijaz Shah as one of four people who should be investigated if she were to be killed; many Pakistanis... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Ijaz Shah • Pakistan intelligence services

 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

Pakistan's Strife Grows as New Gov't Waits in the Wings

Restaurant bomb, airstrikes kill at least 17

Mar 16, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A series of airstrikes on a Pakistan compound believed to be sheltering Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters killed at least 16 today, AFP reports, a day before the country's incoming government is to be sworn in. The declining security comes after a bomb exploded last night in an Islamabad restaurant crowded... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • extremists • bombing • bomb explosion • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda

20 Dead in Pakistan Blasts

Many more injured after bombings at police headquarters, residential area

Mar 11, 08 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two suicide explosions killed at least 20 people in Lahore early today, Reuters reports. One bomb devastated the city's federal police headquarters. "We're trying to evacuate the wounded trapped under the debris," said an official. The second blast occurred when two men blew themselves up in a pickup... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamic militants • bombing • Lahore

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

Indian 'Spy' Freed After 35 Years

Trader languished in Pakistani prisons after case was forgotten

Mar 5, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - An Indian prisoner has finally come home after spending 35 years on death row in Pakistan on spying charges, the BBC reports. Trader Kashmir Singh was greeted by his family and hundreds of well-wishers as he crossed the border back into India. "I have got a new life,"... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • India • prison • espionage • political prisoner • prisoner • Kashmir Singh

Lahore Navy School Blast Kills 6

Suicide attack comes as chair of Joint Chiefs meets Musharraf

Mar 4, 08 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide attack at one of Pakistan's premier military academies has left at least seven people dead and 19 injured. The blast in the parking lot of Lahore's Naval War College set off explosions in the gasoline tanks of neighboring cars and sparked a fire, Reuters reports. Today's bombing, the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Joint Chiefs of Staff • suicide bomber • Adm. Mike Mullen • suicide bombing • US Navy • Lahore • Naval War College

Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 39

Attack marks third violent incident in as many days

Mar 2, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed at least 39 people today gathered at an outdoor meeting of tribal elders in northwest Pakistan, Reuters reports, in the volatile country's latest bout of violence. The attack, which left scores of others wounded, occurred as the elders finalized security plans to “take steps against... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • jirga • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda • tribal elders

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