Pakistan's election commission Saturday accepted President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's nomination to run in next week's presidential elections as riots between police and anti-Musharraf protesters erupted outside the commission's building in Islamabad.
Iran will sign a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Pakistan in the absence of India by the end of October, a top Iranian oil official said on Saturday.
Attorneys claim brutality at anti-Musharraf protest Riot police beat protesting lawyers, threw rocks at them and fired rounds of tear gas toward the Supreme Court building in a government show of force that prevented about 300 lawyers from protesting at Pakistan's election commission Saturday.
South Africa and Pakistan are looking to make a fresh start in Test cricket with both sides fielding new-look squads for the forthcoming first Test in Karachi.
Pakistan Cracks Down on Protesters Opposing Musharraf Bid for Re-Election
Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Pervez Musharraf overcame another hurdle in his bid to retain power in Pakistan as the Election Commission ruled him eligible to seek re-election as president of the world's second-largest Muslim nation.
A Westernized, chain-smoking spy could soon become the most powerful man in Pakistan.
LAHORE, Pakistan -- The impassioned debate about Pakistan's presidential nomination in October is all about elections and leaders but the incumbent and sole candidate as well as the former prime ministers who are jostling for the position have all let us down in the past: the real condition for Pakistan's survival is stability and economic progress.
(RTTNews) - On Saturday, Pakistan police used tear gas and batons to disperse lawyers protesting against legal rulings clearing the way for President General Pervez Musharraf to run for another five-year term.
Veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock on Friday said he was disappointed after being dropped from the South African team for next week's first Test against Pakistan.