U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday described the prospect of U.S. strikes against al Qaeda in Pakistan as "unsavory," saying Washington respected its ally's sovereignty, the Pakistani government said.
Pakistani officials called Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama irresponsible for saying that, if elected, he might order unilateral military strikes in Pakistan against al-Qaida.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized Democrat Barack Obama on Friday for vowing to strike al Qaeda targets inside Pakistan if necessary as the Obama camp issued a strident defense of his plan.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan has criticized U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama for saying that, if elected, he might order unilateral military strikes against terrorists hiding in this Islamic country.
Pakistan criticized U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday for saying that, if elected, he might order unilateral military strikes against terrorists hiding in this Islamic country.
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of a senior opposition leader, strengthening the hand of pro-democracy forces who now pose a serious challenge to a weakened President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
One of Pakistan's main opposition leaders, Javed Hashmi, serving a life sentence for treason and inciting a military mutiny, was freed in a ruling Friday. Hashmi has been one of the most vocal opponents of the president, General Pervez Musharraf, and belongs to the political party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was removed from power in 1999 in a coup by Musharraf.
Pakistan's Supreme Court delivered a fresh blow to President Pervez Musharraf on Friday by ordering the release of an opposition leader jailed in 2004 on treason charges for criticising the army.
Pakistan on Friday criticized U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama for saying that, if elected, he might order unilateral military strikes inside this Islamic nation to root out terrorists.
Rising water levels in delta regions of south Pakistan are destroying communities, reports the BBC's M Ilyas Khan.