ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan police have filed preliminary complaints against about 200 journalists for defying a rally ban in the capital to protest curbs on the media, the latest sign that the government has grown intolerant of coverage of a 3-month-old political crisis.
Pakistan's use of violent intimidation to quell political protests threatens U.S. and Pakistani interests, and President Pervez Musharraf must be encouraged to restore democratic processes, several U.S. congressmen say.
The United States cautioned Pakistan Tuesday against using a newly introduced law to curb media freedom amid a judiciary crisis that has rocked General Pervez Musharraf's administration.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz cast doubt Tuesday on Afghanistan's wish for independent monitoring of an upcoming summit between the two nations aimed at quelling Taliban-led violence.
June 6 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's opposition wants to create mass protests in the country and is trying to exploit every issue to confront the government of President Pervez Musharraf, Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani said.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here Tuesday his nation was doing all it could to fight "extremism and terrorism" and would work with Afghanistan to solve these common challenges.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said his nation was doing all it could to fight "extremism and terrorism" and would work with Afghanistan to solve these common challenges.
Pakistan's government has put curbs on the media and threatened operators with closure in the hope of stifling an opposition campaign for judicial independence and democracy, analysts and media workers said on Tuesday.
Dozens of activists are held in Punjab province ahead of a protest rally, Pakistan's opposition says.
Pakistan said Tuesday police had arrested two Islamists in the 2002 kidnapping and beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi while researching a story on Muslim militants.