The increasing vulnerability of military ruler President Pervez Musharraf has been matched by a sudden rise in pressure put on the media in Pakistan, television and press organisations say.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- President Gen. Pervez Musharraf accused opponents Monday of using his ouster of Pakistan's chief justice to conspire against him and said it would be a sad day if "lies and deception" prevail in the crisis threatening his grip on power.
Pakistan?s President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is being advised to make a change of course or risk losing power.
In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pakistan became a crucial ally in the U.S. global war on terror, providing essential support in battling the Taliban in Afghanistan and targeting Islamic extremists in the region. In return, the United States has provided $10 billion in aid as well as expanded relations afforded to the closest allies. Nonetheless, Osama bin Laden believed to be hiding ...
Despite persistent unease about Pakistan's commitment to the U.S.-led war on terrorism, a senior U.S. official on Monday said Islamabad has been increasingly active in repelling Taliban and al Qaeda forces on the Afghan border.
Islamic students seeking to impose tough religious social rules briefly kidnapped three more policemen Monday, officials said, intensifying a standoff that has troops out in force on the streets of Pakistan's capital.
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Pakistan rescued the 11-member crew of a ship that was sinking off its coast Monday, dropping a raft to the men floating near the freighter's fast-disappearing prow, officials said.
One of Pakistan's leading pop singers appears in court over an allegedly insulting song.
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's government will try to negotiate an end to a standoff at a mosque in the capital, Islamabad, where students are detaining two police officers, the city's chief commissioner said.