Pakistan's presidential front-runner, Asif Ali Zardari, has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said Friday
A report that alleges he suffered depression and thoughts of suicide would have caused a political firestorm in the West. But there's barely a peep in Pakistan
A blast at a rally in southwestern Pakistan killed three people and wounded at least 20 others Tuesday, authorities said.
Four people were killed Saturday in two bombings in an extremist violence-plagued region of northwestern Pakistan, close to the border with Afghanistan, officials said.
Pakistan's main ruling party on Friday proposed the widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto as its next president
The Taliban claimed responsibility for dual suicide bombings at a Pakistani military arms factory on Thursday that police say killed 100 people and wounded 80 others.
Viewpoint: Military dictators have been Washington's preferred interlocutors in Islamabad. But they can't get the job done
The Islamic militant movement, the Taliban, claimed responsibility for an explosion at a hospital in northwestern Pakistan and warned of more attacks unless the military halts its offensive against insurgents in the region, state media reported.
The general seized power not for himself but on behalf of the army. His mistake was to believe he was indispensable
Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition were meeting Tuesday to discuss who will replace President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned Monday.
Pakistan's presidential front-runner, Asif Ali Zardari, has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said Friday
A report that alleges he suffered depression and thoughts of suicide would have caused a political firestorm in the West. But there's barely a peep in Pakistan
A blast at a rally in southwestern Pakistan killed three people and wounded at least 20 others Tuesday, authorities said.
Four people were killed Saturday in two bombings in an extremist violence-plagued region of northwestern Pakistan, close to the border with Afghanistan, officials said.
Pakistan's main ruling party on Friday proposed the widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto as its next president
The Taliban claimed responsibility for dual suicide bombings at a Pakistani military arms factory on Thursday that police say killed 100 people and wounded 80 others.
Viewpoint: Military dictators have been Washington's preferred interlocutors in Islamabad. But they can't get the job done
The Islamic militant movement, the Taliban, claimed responsibility for an explosion at a hospital in northwestern Pakistan and warned of more attacks unless the military halts its offensive against insurgents in the region, state media reported.
The general seized power not for himself but on behalf of the army. His mistake was to believe he was indispensable
Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition were meeting Tuesday to discuss who will replace President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned Monday.
As Pakistan celebrated 61 years of independence, embattled President Pervez Musharraf called Thursday for political reconciliation, and gave no indication of the growing possibility of his impeachment or that he might step down.
Pakistan's embattled president now faces impeachment charges, and with his often warring opponents closing ranks against him, the prospects for his survival don't look good
The United States believes that some members of Pakistan's spy service provided support for the deadly bombing last month of India's Embassy in Afghanistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Friday.
U.S. claims of Pakistan ties to terrorism echo long-standing Indian accusations. But will this change anything?
It's a documentary with an alarming message: Two American boys are held captive in a madrassa, a Pakistani religious school, once visited by Osama bin Laden and with ties to the Taliban.
Despite U.S. pressure, the Prime Minister was forced to back down from an effort to rein in the country's powerful intelligence service
The Democratic nominee's earlier promise to "take out" al-Qaeda in the tribal regions has made him yet another unpopular American politician, one who talks tough but has no way of getting the country to crack down on Islamic militants
Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked a police checkpoint Tuesday and abducted up to 30 police officers, a police official said.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory.
The United States plans to shift about $230 million in aid to Pakistan from counterterrorism programs to upgrading the nation's aging F-16 fighter jets.
Gun battles between paramilitary troops and militants in Pakistan's troubled southwest killed at least 41 people Sunday, including nine soldiers, the state-run news agency reported.
Violence unhinges the country's once booming financial markets as investors worry about stability and some grow nostalgic for the Musharraf dictatorship
Afghan lawmakers have directly accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of involvement in a string of deadly attacks in Afghanistan, blasting their neighbor as "the largest center for breeding and exporting terrorism."
The United Nations moved closer to appointing a commission to investigate the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto after a meeting between Pakistan's foreign minister and the world body's secretary-general.
An Afghan government official said Monday's suicide car bombing outside the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan has "the hallmarks of the Pakistani intelligence."
The death toll from Sunday's suicide bomb attack at a rally in Islamabad has risen to 17 after a police constable succumbed to his injuries, officials said.
A series of blasts went off Monday in Karachi, Pakistan, killing one person and wounding at least 35, including children, the Pakistan government said.
A suicide attacker killed 16 people Sunday, 12 of them police officers, near a protest rally marking last year's Pakistani government raid on the Red Mosque, police said.
One year after the bloody siege of the Red Mosque, a terrorist blast rocks the capital of Islamabad
Nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan says North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army during the rule of President Pervez Musharraf
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday rebuffed a senior U.S. official for saying that Pakistan should focus on food prices and militancy rather than the fate of President Pervez Musharraf
Distracted by its political turmoil, the nation is losing control of its militant hinterlands, where al-Qaeda is reviving
Pakistan launched an offensive against the Taliban on Saturday, the biggest military push against militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region since a civilian government took power in March.
Militants set fire to a hotel at Pakistan's only ski resort Thursday, as security in the Swat Valley continued to deteriorate despite a month-old peace deal.
The protests seeking the reinstatement of judges threaten President Musharraf and his fragile government
Benazir Bhutto's widower is protecting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, despite accusing him of having an indirect role in her assassination last year, a prominent politician in Pakistan has said.
For years US policy has focused on one man, Pervez Musharraf. Now, with his power on the wane and a new coaltion government in place, it has a lot of catching up to do
A new Prime Minister promises to restore democracy and reverse the dictator's recent moves. But how far can he go without compromising the war on terror?
Pakistan's deposed chief justice made his first public appearance in four months on Monday, soon after newly-elected prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani vowed to release all judges held since last year.
Monday was a momentous day for the people of Pakistan, but a bittersweet day for me.
Pakistan's parliament convened Monday and within minutes, it was apparent that the session in the coming days will devolve into a showdown between the newly-elected lawmakers and beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, who was banned from taking part in last week's elections because of criminal convictions, is planning to contest the by-elections.
Akbar Shah Afridi had no doubt about what will happen after Pakistan's votes are counted.
Two leading figures in Pakistani politics said Thursday their parties will work together in the national parliament after scoring big wins in elections earlier this week.
The husband of assassinated Benazir Bhutto has called for a government of national unity -- but failed to say how it would work with President Pervez Musharraf.
A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable -- if his political foes can unite
Pakistan will hold parliamentary elections Monday, with political parties competing for 272 seats in the National Assembly.
Pakistanis head to the polls Monday to cast their ballots in a pivotal election, one day after attackers lobbed hand grenades and opened fire on polling stations and party workers.
Assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party will restart its campaign this week to unseat President Pervez Musharraf's ruling party from parliament following the end of its self-imposed mourning period.
Pakistan's government is beefing up security for a "fair, transparent and peaceful" parliamentary election on Monday, a Pakistani government spokesman said.
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan played down the impact of recent attacks in a region that borders Afghanistan, saying Tuesday they were "pinpricks" that his government must manage.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that British investigators are heading to Pakistan to help clear up the confusion surrounding Thursday's assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Pakistan's parliamentary elections have been postponed until Februrary 18 because of the unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Pakistan's Central Election Commission said Monday that a decision is expected Tuesday on whether to hold parliamentary elections as scheduled on January 8.
Reports that a senior al-Qaeda operative was killed in Pakistan could be a blow to Pakistan's President
Some of the toughest criticism of Pakistan's pro-democracy movement comes from an unlikely source: the 25-year-old niece of Benazir Bhutto, who says Pakistani party politics do nothing but support military rule. It's an environment, she said, her late aunt is partly responsible for.
The CIA believes extremists associated with a Pakistani tribal leader are responsible for the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, according to a U.S. intelligence official.
In 1979, two years after seizing power from Pakistan's first elected leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, military dictator General Ziaul Haq executed him after a show trial. That did not end the elder Bhutto's influence.
Two months before her death, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto sent an e-mail to her U.S. adviser and longtime friend, saying that if she were killed, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would bear some of the blame.
Pakistan postpones its vote amid broad violence following Bhutto's assassination. But the delay may heighten tensions
Violence following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto could threaten Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections.
Pakistan has accused a radical group and a Taliban leader. Did they act alone, with al-Qaeda or with the government?
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday after addressing a large gathering of her supporters.
World leaders reacted with sadness, shock and condemnation Thursday to the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, some expressing concern about the nation's democratic process:
Suspicion swirled around Islamic extremists Thursday as news spread that former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated.
World leaders reacted with shock and condemnation Thursday to the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, some expressing concern about the nation's democratic process.
Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated Thursday in Rawalpindi, was the first female prime minister of Pakistan and of any Islamic nation. She led Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.
Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto flirt with the idea of boycotting January's election to protest Musharraf's emergency rule, but the allure of office may be too great to resist
The newly civilian President has scheduled a Dec. 16 end to military rule, a move that puts his rivals, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto, in a tight spot
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stepped down as the country's military leader Wednesday, the day before he was to be sworn in for a third presidential term -- as a civilian.
Former Pakistani prime minister and opposition figure Nawaz Sharif arrived in Pakistan's second-largest city Sunday, where he plans to end seven years in exile and directly participate in upcoming elections.
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under pressure to end a state of emergency that critics say he is using to keep his grip on power, will step down as the country's military leader on Wednesday, his spokesman said.
As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was confirmed for a third term Saturday, the prime minister he overthrew in 1999 announced his plans to return home Sunday.
Elections for Pakistan's national assembly and its four provincial assemblies have been scheduled for January 8, and thousands of people jailed under emergency rule reportedly have been released, officials said Tuesday.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Sunday that he had expressed to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf the United States' displeasure with Pakistan's emergency rule and urged Musharraf to lift the order and release all political detainees ahead of elections.
As the US pushes the Pakistani President to end his state of emergency, the general makes some concessions, but ordinary Pakistanis are skeptical that much will change
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, freed from house arrest, has rejected President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's new interim government, deeming it "not acceptable."
As tensions build, here's a guide to the players and issues roiling a country that could upset the security of the world
Under intense international pressure to restore democracy in Pakistan, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced Thursday that parliamentary elections will be held by Feb. 15 and restated his pledge to step down as the country's military leader.
The United States has urged Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to sever his links with the military and reinstate civilian rule.
Two explosions killed at least 124 people and injured at least 320 Thursday in a suicide bombing near a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who returned to the country earlier in the day after eight years of self-imposed exile, hospital and police sources told CNN.
Vowing to help return democracy to Pakistan, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ended eight years of self-imposed exile and returned Thursday to her native country, where she was greeted by a massive crowd of supporters.
Her followers are happy, but terrorists are gunning for her even as she seeks to work with Musharraf and the military
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf signed a "reconciliation ordinance" Friday that drops outstanding corruption charges against former premier Benazir Bhutto and a number of other politicians -- a move that can pave the way for a power-sharing deal with Bhutto.
Benazir Bhutto's opposition party will not join a boycott against Saturday's vote that is expected to give Gen. Pervez Musharraf a third term as Pakistan's president, but the self-exiled opposition leader said, "We will not be voting for him."
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has accused Islamabad of waging "a typical disinformation campaign" by saying it planned to lift longstanding corruption charges ahead of her planned return to Pakistan for upcoming elections.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf named his successor to the country's top military post Tuesday in what may be an effort to ease concerns over his pledge to step down as army chief post as he seeks a third term as president.
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.
Riot police fired tear gas and used batons on lawyers protesting the decision by Pakistan's Election Commission to approve President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid on Saturday
Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled Friday afternoon the country's leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is eligible to run in next week's elections for another five-year presidential term.
With jihadists denouncing him as an apostate and democrats denouncing him as a dictator, Pakistan's U.S.-allied leader is desperately short of friends
An audio message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released Thursday called on Muslims to "carry out jihad" against Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who has been living in exile since 1999, says she plans to return to her country on October 18.
Pakistan's exiled leader makes a tightly choreographed announcement of her comeback. But a new political factor awaits her: an unleashed media
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan from an eight-year exile on Oct. 18, her party said Friday, although she will likely face corruption charges
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition party leader Nawaz Sharif's attempt to return to Pakistan after seven years in exile ended quickly Monday as police ordered him to board a flight for Saudi Arabia, government officials said.
Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is bundled out of Pakistan as soon as he arrives. But it may mean more trouble for Musharraf
After eight years in exile, former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto is making a bid to return to prominence in the country as part of a power-sharing deal with president General Pervez Musharraf's military government.
The plane carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed at the Islamabad airport Monday morning, marking a return to the country from which he was driven into exile for seven years.
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