The Bush administration is sending its No. 2 diplomat to Pakistan to tell President Pervez Musharraf in person to rescind emergency rule and allow free and fair elections.
Senior US diplomat John Negroponte will travel to Pakistan this week to urge an end to emergency rule, becoming the highest-ranking US official to visit since the turmoil erupted, a spokesman said Tuesday.
The White House offered a measured response Tuesday as Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, placed under house arrest again, demanded that embattled President Gen. Pervez Musharraf resign.
Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed a five-billion-dollar agreement to build an oil refinery near the port city of Karachi, the prime minister's office announced.
Shamin-ur-Rahman, reporter for Dawn News in Karachi, discusses the volatile situation in Pakistan amid a growing number of arrests of Benazier Bhutto's party members, more reports of violence in Karachi and President Pervez Musharraf's ambiguity about how long the emergency rules may last.
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule has increased the likelihood that his opponents could join forces against him. A glance at some of Pakistan's most prominent opposition leaders.
US diplomat John Negroponte will travel to Pakistan this week to urge an end to emergency rule, becoming the most senior US official to visit since the turmoil erupted, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will visit Pakistan this week to urge President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule and hold elections, the State Department said on Tuesday.
Pakistan on Tuesday strongly rejected a Commonwealth deadline to end emergency rule in 10 days or face suspension, expressing "deep disappointment and regret" over the ultimatum.
Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Pervez Musharraf's government rejected international criticism of emergency rule as the U.S. said it is sending a top diplomat to Pakistan to press for the decree to be lifted.