Pakistan?s suspended chief justice said in an affidavit that he had been detained and pressed to resign by the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's suspended chief justice alleges in an affidavit he was pressured by government agents for hours to resign his job.
The future of Pakistan's president may depend on the outcome of Chaudhry's Supreme Court challenge to his suspension
A banker in Pakistan was charged Tuesday with conspiracy and securities fraud, accused of making more than $7.5 million in profits by trading on insider information provided by a New York banker who has already been charged in the case.
Pakistan has said it has received 13 applications from as far afield as England and Australia for the job of national cricket coach following the death of Bob Woolmer.
Pakistan's ousted chief justice says the secret service detained him when he was suspended in March.
Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted eight years ago as Pakistan's prime minister by General Pervez Musharraf, senses the "sinking ship" of military rule in Islamabad offers him a chance to return home soon.
Around a dozen blasts rocked Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwestern province of Baluchistan, cutting the lone rail link with Iran and injuring four people, police said Tuesday.
KARACHI — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), chastened by the refusal of Dave Whatmore to take reins of the national team’s coach, will name the man to replace late Bob Woolmer on June 16, and the coach-designate to join on July 1.
Islamabad, May 29 (DPA) Rebels in Pakistan s southwestern province of Balochistan staged a series of bomb blasts in protest at the central government s 1998 testing of a nuclear device in their homeland, news reports said Tuesday.