ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 12 -- A judicial crisis that poses the most serious challenge to President Pervez Musharraf's eight-year rule descended into violence Saturday as at least 28 people died and more than 100 were injured in clashes between opposition activists and government supporters in the...
Fierce gunbattles between rival political activists left 34 people dead and 100 wounded Saturday in the worst bloodshed since President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's top judge two months ago.
Government supporters and opponents turned neighborhoods of Pakistan's largest city into battlegrounds Saturday, leaving at least 27 people dead in the worst political violence since President Gen. Pervez Musharraf suspended the chief justice.
Fierce gunbattles between rival political activists left 30 people dead and 100 wounded Saturday in the worst violence since President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's top judge two months ago.
Twenty-seven people were killed and 100 wounded in Karachi on Saturday in clashes between pro-government and opposition activists as Pakistan's suspended top judge tried to hold a rally with his supporters.
President Pervez Musharraf calls for calm after 34 people die in Pakistan's worst political violence in years.
Gunbattles and attacks killed at least 19 people and wounded scores Saturday as Pakistan's political crisis descended into violence between rival parties over President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the chief justice.
In Pakistan on Saturday, pro- and anti-government demonstrators clashed in the city of Karachi, leaving 30 people dead and more than 100 wounded. Gunfire erupted in several parts of the city. The violence was prompted by a visit to Karachi by Pakistan's chief justice, a man President Musharraf suspended two months ago in what critics of the government say is a battle over judicial independence. ...
Gunbattles and attacks killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens Saturday as Pakistan's political crisis descended into violence between rival parties over President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the chief justice.
Fifteen people were killed in Karachi on Saturday in clashes between pro-government and opposition activists, the worst political violence in Pakistan in years, as the suspended top judge arrived to meet supporters.