June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's media should be free to report on the removal of the country's top judge, the U.S. State Department said, as television channels said President Pervez Musharraf's government blocked some of their transmissions.
The Indian army said Monday it had registered an increase in militant activity along the heavily-militarised Line of Control in Kashmir, despite a pledge by Pakistan to block cross-border insurgents.
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, president and military ruler of Pakistan, faces his most serious political crisis since seizing power in a coup in 1999.
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is in self-exile outside Pakistan but faces prosecution should she return. Even so, she has vowed to return to Pakistan to lead her party in elections later this year. Bhutto discusses her political prospects and the country's current ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | President Pervez Musharraf, the embattled military leader of Pakistan, sharply tightened restrictions Monday on the nation’s broadcast media.
Afghanistan is not getting enough cooperation from neighboring Pakistan as it battles a Taliban insurgency, the chief of the Afghan National Army said on Monday.
Pakistan's President Musharraf signs into immediate effect measures to increase control over the media.
The Indian army said it had registered an increase in militant activity along the heavily-militarised Line of Control, despite a pledge by Pakistan to block cross-border insurgents.
Benazir Bhutto is raising her profile again and positioning herself as savior of Pakistan.
Negotiations are reportedly under way to permit the return to Pakistan of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, head of the Pakistan People's Party.