As violence continued in Pakistan on Wednesday, Pakistan?s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, ruled out the need for emergency rule and said he expected to be re-elected by Parliament.
Militants bombed an army convoy then raked it with gunfire Wednesday, killing 17 soldiers and continuing a wave of violence that has stirred doubts about Pakistan's stability.
A car bomber blew himself up at a police training centre in Pakistan's northwestern city of Hangu early on Thursday, killing at least seven people.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- 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 at a police training centre in Pakistan's northwestern city of Hangu early on Thursday, killing at least seven people.
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl sued Pakistan's largest bank and 23 individuals for their alleged role in the abduction, torture and murder of her husband more than five years ago.
U.S. forces should go into Pakistan to rout al Qaeda from the safe haven it has found in the mountains on the border with Afghanistan, a co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group said.
A U.S. intelligence report that al-Qaida is regrouping in northwest Pakistan is unsubstantiated, Pakistan said Wednesday, and it asked Washington to provide it with "actionable intelligence."
President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday Pakistan was in open battle with Islamic militants who have launched a spate of suicide attacks, but he ruled out declaring a state of emergency.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 18 -- Pakistan expanded operations against extremist fighters Wednesday as the military began shelling targets in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan following an insurgent assault that killed 17 troops.