Pakistan's suspended chief justice was to lead a procession followed by a rally on Saturday amid mounting political pressure on military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's government has imposed restrictions on the public and broadcast media in advance of a planned Saturday march by the nation's ousted chief justice.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A rally in support of Pakistan's suspended chief justice, starting in Islamabad, will go ahead Saturday despite a government order banning any demonstrations in the national capital, a lawyer said.
As of Friday, June 1, 2007, at least 325 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 26, 2007.
More than 10,000 pro-Taliban supporters rallied near the Afghan border in southwest Pakistan Friday to hear a tape by the brother of slain Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah.
The government banned demonstrations in Pakistan's capital Friday, the latest effort to quell mounting political turmoil over President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to suspend the chief justice.
Pakistan's top army commanders voiced their full support for President Pervez Musharraf Friday as he struggles with the biggest crisis of his eight-year military rule.
A Christian was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammed, and a human rights activist Friday urged Pakistan's president to spare his life.
It has been 36 years since her husband went missing during the war between India and Pakistan, but Damayanti Tambay has not given up hope.
A group of Indian families is traveling Friday to Pakistan, where they will visit jails and scan their records, looking for traces of relatives in the military who went missing during the 1971 war between the south Asian rivals.