Pakistan considered imposing a state of emergency Wednesday after a wave of violence since last week's Red Mosque raid intensified with a suicide attack on a rally by the country's ousted top judge.
The United States on Tuesday prodded Pakistan to launch a military offensive against fighters hiding in tribal areas after Washington hinted at a lack of commitment from its ally to hunt down violent extremists.
President Bush?s top counterterrorism advisers acknowledged that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden?s leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan had failed.
A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday before a rally supporting Pakistan's chief justice against the president, killing 15 people in the latest attack in a spate of violence since the army stormed a mosque held by Islamic extremists.
A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday at a rally where hundreds had gathered to hear Pakistan's suspended top judge speak, killing 15 people and plunging the country further into crisis.
The United States expects Pakistan to launch more military strikes on Islamic militants along its border with Afghanistan even as the Bush administration pumps hundreds of millions of dollars in development aid into lawless tribal regions to fight extremism.
The United States on Tuesday prodded Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf to launch a military offensive against militants hiding in a tribal border region with Afghanistan following the collapse of a 10-month peace accord.
A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday at an anti-government rally in Islamabad where hundreds had gathered to hear Pakistan's suspended chief justice speak, killing at least 13 and wounding 40.
A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday outside an Islamabad court where hundreds of people had gathered for a rally led by Pakistan's suspended chief justice, killing at least 12 and wounding 40.
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan should use its army to combat terrorist groups in the tribal area bordering Afghanistan, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said, as a suicide bomber killed 17 people in an attack in Islamabad.