Pakistani security forces blocked former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto from visiting the ousted chief justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, on Saturday.
US President George W. Bush on Saturday praised Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as a strong ally against terrorism and said he had no reason to doubt his pledges to return to democratic rule.
Pakistan eased its crackdown on opponents Saturday, releasing opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from house arrest and saying it will lift a state of emergency within a month. But the government blocked a meeting between the deposed Supreme Court justice and Bhutto, who pledged to lead a 185-mile protest march.
Iran and Pakistan have reached a deal to build a multi-billion-dollar pipeline to transport natural gas between the two countries, Iranian state television reported Saturday.
Top Democratic senators Saturday urged President George W. Bush to seek a "more effective" strategy for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Al-Qaeda, following the "deeply disturbing" actions of the Pakistani leader.
Pakistan announced plans to lift its state of emergency within one month and allowed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to leave her villa following a day under house arrest, as the country sought Saturday to restore its battered image at home and abroad.
Pakistan announced plans to lift its state of emergency within one month and allowed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to leave her villa following a day under house arrest.
President Bush backed Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Saturday despite the embattled leader's detour off the path of democracy to impose emergency rule and arrest thousands of opponents.
Pakistan has ordered three reporters from Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper to leave, government sources said Saturday, because of a Friday editorial deemed offensive to President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's ex-premier Benazir Bhutto turned the screw Saturday on President Pervez Musharraf, addressing a protest against his emergency rule and demanding to see the chief justice he sacked.