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Pakistan's Imran Khan freed from jail (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:33:00 GMT
Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan was freed from jail Wednesday in the latest chapter of a storied career that has taken him from sporting hero to fledgling pro-democracy icon.

Pakistan's Khan freed as Musharraf set to quit army (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:34:51 GMT
Pakistan freed cricket hero Imran Khan and hundreds more political prisoners Wednesday in a further easing of emergency rule as military ruler Pervez Musharraf readied to hang up his army uniform.

Pakistan to dominate Commonwealth summit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:54:18 GMT
A summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth this weekend will be dominated by a decision on whether to suspend Pakistan for a second time because of President Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule.

Musharraf may quit Pakistan army Saturday, official says (USA Today)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:35:05 GMT
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf could quit as chief of Pakistan's army and take oath as a civilian president by Saturday, a senior official said.

Pakistan's Musharraf set to quit army within days: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:56:00 GMT
Pervez Musharraf is set to resign as army chief and become Pakistan's civilian president by the weekend, officials said Wednesday as the military ruler moved to shore up his emergency rule.

Pakistan urges Commonwealth to delay suspension decision (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:09:08 GMT
Pakistan urged the Commonwealth to delay a decision on suspending it from the organisation over its state of emergency and to send a delegation to Islamabad, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Commonwealth ministers to discuss Pakistan suspension (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:55:48 GMT
Commonwealth foreign ministers gathered Wednesday in Kampala for a two-day meeting expected to decide whether or not Pakistan should be excluded from the organisation of former British colonies.

Pakistan frees some opposition activists, calls for parliamentary elections (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT
Pakistan's government said Tuesday that it had released more than half of the lawyers and political activists jailed under President Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule. Analysts called it a sign that the president, who is under pressure from the Bush administration to reverse a crackdown on the opposition, is relaxing some of his most unpopular measures.

Pakistan Seeks to Counter Election Criticisms, Releasing Khan (Bloomberg.com)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:42:45 GMT
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's government tried to counter protests that the detention of opposition candidates will undermine the fairness and credibility of nationwide elections, releasing cricket captain turned lawmaker Imran Khan from jail.

Pakistan top judge still detained (BBC News)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:07:28 GMT
Pakistan's ousted chief justice remains under arrest, despite pledges to free judges held under emergency rule.