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NEWS ABOUT: Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf stories: 231 news summaries

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UK Probe: Blast Killed Bhutto

She died from head injury caused by blast, says Scotland Yard

Feb 8, 08 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Scotland Yard detectives investigating the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto have concluded that the cause of death was not a bullet, but the massive head injury she sustained when she was thrown by the suicide bomb blast. The findings mesh with the Pakistan government's version of the killing... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bomber • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bhutto Warned of Her Murder by Osama's Son

Names 4 hit squads
in chilling posthumous autobiography

Feb 3, 08 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was told that four suicide bomb squads had been sent to kill her—and names Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama, as the leader of one, the slain leader says in an eerie, posthumously published autobiography. Bhutto's claim appears to bolster intelligence reports that... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination • al-Qaeda • Hamza bin Laden

Pakistan Hostage Crisis Ends

Captors described as local criminals, not al-Qaeda or Taliban

Jan 28, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A hostage situation in northwest Pakistan ended peacefully today after gunmen took at least 30 schoolchildren and teachers captive, CNN reports. The hostages were released unharmed and their captors were handed over to a court of tribal elders. Earlier reports said that up to 250 students and teachers were held,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • hostage

Pakistani Urges US to Oppose Elections

Restore judges first to stabilize the country, politician says

Jan 27, 08 5:54 PM CST
(Newser) - A Pakistani politician turned heads last week by touting a rare view to US policymakers: Don't back Pakistan's elections. Without an independent judiciary, elections will only hurt the country, Imran Khan warned. He urged lawmakers in New York and Washington to "back the democratic process, by insisting on the... More »

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Zimbabwe • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Egypt • Imran Khan • Pakistan elections • Pakistan judges

Musharraf Nixes Greater CIA Role in Pakistan

In secret meetings,
US spy chiefs sought larger combat role

Jan 27, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington's top two intelligence officials made a secret trip to Pakistan this month "to convince Musharraf that time is ticking," the New York Times reports, quoting senior officials. DNI director Mike McConnell and CIA chief Michael Hayden sought greater latitude for the CIA to operate in Pakistan's near-lawless... More »

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Taliban • CIA • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Michael Hayden • Benazir Bhutto • Mike McConnell • tribal areas

Musharraf Courts Wary Europeans

Pledges free elections, nuclear security, no coddling Al-Qaeda

Jan 22, 08 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf visited Brussels yesterday and Paris today, reassuring leaders that Pakistan will hold fair elections and promising complete security for the nation's nuclear arsenal. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana warned the Pakistani president that future cooperation between the EU and his government is contingent on those criteria, reports... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • European Union • Javier Solana • Benazir Bhutto • nuclear arsenal • World Economic Forum • election

Spain Busts 14 Islamic Militants in Terror Plot

Barcelona raids yield bomb materials; attack wasn't imminent

Jan 19, 08 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Spanish authorities toady arrested 14 people—12 Pakistanis and 2 Indians—suspected of planning a terror attack in or near Barcelona. After raiding five homes, officials seized four bomb timers and computer data, CNN reports. “They had taken a step beyond radicalization and were trying to get the means... More »

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Madrid bombings • terrorism • Pervez Musharraf • Spain • Europe • terror plots • Islamic extremism • Barcelona • terror suspects

CIA Chief Names Groups Behind Bhutto Assassination

Pakistani militants, al-Qaeda blamed

Jan 18, 08 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The CIA director blames a cooperative effort by al-Qaeda and a group of Pakistani militants for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Washington Post reports. The conclusion jibes with the explanation Pervez Musharraf has offered, though some Pakistanis still suspect the president and his government had a hand in the... More »

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CIA • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Michael Hayden • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • militant • Baitullah Mehsud

Musharraf Says He'd Consider Stepping Down

'On the day people don't want me, I will leave,'
he tells Der Spiegel

Jan 13, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf will consider resigning if his public approval continues to erode, Der Spiegel reports in a wide-ranging interview to be published tomorrow. "On the day I think the people, the majority, don't want me anymore and the day I have no contribution to make to this country, I... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • resignation • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination • election

Policeman: Sudden Crowd Stopped Bhutto's Car

New reports deepen mystery around assassination

Jan 12, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - New reports on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto point to the killing being a well-organized plot and suggest Musharraf's government knows more than it claims, McClatchy reports. A police witness says a crowd that appeared to be Bhutto supporters surged into the road and stopped her car. When she emerged... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Rawalpindi • Bhutto assassination

Stay Out of Pakistan, Musharraf Warns US

America would 'regret day' border is breached

Jan 11, 08 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he won't tolerate increased American activity against terrorist insurgents inside his country, warning in an interview in a Singapore newspaper that American troops will be treated as invaders if they cross the border from Afghanistan. The US would "regret that day" if it proceeds... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Pakistan elections • al-Qaeda

Pakistan Suicide Attack Kills 23

Explosion near lawyers' protest site targeted police

Jan 10, 08 5:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore has left 23 people dead, the majority police officers, and wounded 70 others. The explosion occurred at a police checkpoint near the city's high court, where a large protest by Pakistan's lawyers was set to take place, reports Bloomberg. Local... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Lahore • Pakistan lawyers

Murder of 8 Tribal Leaders Stalls Ceasefire

Deaths derail peace talks in lawless northwest Pakistan

Jan 8, 08 12:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Eight tribal leaders were shot to death in northwest Pakistan yesterday, the Times of London reports, further roiling the near-anarchic area. The assailants are believed to be Islamic militants. The chiefs had formed a peace committee and were involved in efforts to broker a ceasefire between the military and insurgents... More »

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

Bhutto's Death Her Own Fault: Musharraf

'It was she to blame alone—nobody else,'  tells '60 Minutes'

Jan 7, 08 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has absolved his own government—and everyone else—of culpability in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, telling "60 Minutes" that she alone was to blame for her death. "For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone—nobody else.... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Bhutto assassination

Washington Eyes Shadowy Terror Leader

Pakistan, US experts say jihadist likely
killed Bhutto

Jan 6, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington is zoning in on a new jihadist leader after recent reports blamed him for killing former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto, Newsweek reports. Named Baitullah Mehsud, he travels with tight security in a safe haven of Pakistan, has never been photographed, and avoids sleeping in the same place twice. Yet... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda

CIA May Launch New Covert Ops in Pakistan

Seeks to thwart al-Qaeda muscle; but Pakistan won't stand for it

Jan 6, 08 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Bush administration officials are weighing plans for the CIA and US military to conduct new, more aggressive covert operations in Pakistan, the New York Times reports. The proposal is a response to growing al-Qaeda and Taliban efforts to destabilize Pakistan, cast in sharp focus by the assassination of former prime... More »

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Taliban • CIA • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

Scotland Yard Team Begins Pakistan Probe

Brits arrive to help investigation of Bhutto assassination

Jan 4, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Investigators from Scotland Yard arrived in Pakistan today to assist with the government's investigation of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Pervez Musharraf invited the team to lend credibility to the investigation and help put to rest what the president called "conspiracy theories," but critics remain skeptical about what the Brits... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Scotland Yard • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination

Musharraf: Bhutto Endangered Herself

Pakistani president blames recklessness

Jan 3, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - President Pervez Musharraf dismissed accusations today that Pakistan's government was involved in the Dec. 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, citing extensive security provided to the ex-prime minister as well as careless disregard for her own safety. “There is no complicity,” he said of the killing. “Would I... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Scotland Yard • Benazir Bhutto • assassination

US Offers a Tentative Hand to Nawaz Sharif

After Bhutto's death, Washington surveys a new political scene

Jan 3, 08 7:43 AM CST
(Newser) - With Benazir Bhutto gone and elections postponed, the White House is taking stock of its options in Pakistan and cautiously reaching out to a man they had once cold-shouldered: Nawaz Sharif. The prime minister whom Pervez Musharraf deposed in his 1999 bloodless coup is looking increasingly attractive to Washington, writes... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan Muslim League

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 • Pervez Musharraf • Scotland Yard • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Bhutto assassination

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