Pervez Musharraf

US Payments To Pakistan Face New Scrutiny

Washington Post | Robin Wright | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Once a month, Pakistan's Defense Ministry delivers 15 to 20 pages of spreadsheets to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. They list costs for feeding, cloth...

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Musharraf Rejects Calls For Him To Resign

AFP | Danny Kemp | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf rejected calls to resign as opposition parties on Wednesday mulled a coalition government that could force the ke...

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Opposition Calls On Musharraf To Resign After Crushing Election Defeat

London Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Pervez Musharraf's leading opponents urged him to resign today as they jockeyed for position in a new coalition government after winning par...

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Musharraf's Party Concedes Defeat, Opposition Celebrate Landmark Election Victory

London Times | Jeremy Page and Zahid Hussain | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Musharraf's supporters conceded defeat last night in a landmark parliamentary election that could seal his political fate and resurrect demo...

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Some Pakistan Women Warded Off Voting

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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KHAZANA, Pakistan — Posters of the Muslim world's first female prime minister, the late Benazir Bhutto, fluttered in the wind. But the ballot bo...

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Fears Of Massive Violence Keep Pakistani Voter Turnout Low

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Fears of massive violence appeared to keep turnout low as Pakistanis cast ballots in National Assembly elections Monday. No party was expected to win...

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Musharraf Awaits His Fate As Pakistan Votes Are Counted

Reuters | Augustine Anthony | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Counting began on Monday after an election in Pakistan which was far less violent than feared, although it could result in a parliament set on driving...

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Pakistan Holds Crucial Elections

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistanis voted Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political ...

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Analysts: Pakistan Allowing Militants To Regroup And Fortify

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL and ISMAIL KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The announcement of a cease-fire just a few weeks into a determined military operation against one of Pakistan's most wanted men, the militant leader ...

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Al-Qaida Commander Moved Freely In Pakistan

Washington Post | Imtiaz Ali and Craig Whitlock | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A Libyan al-Qaeda commander who was killed last week in northwestern Pakistan had lived there for years and, despite a $200,000 U.S. bounty on his hea...

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Human Rights Watch Faults US For Supporting Dictators

Washington Post | Nora Boustany | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A leading human rights group said Thursday that the United States has lost its moral authority by supporting autocratic governments in strategic count...

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Human Rights Watch Slams Bush Admin For Supporting Autocrats

Washington Post | Nora Boustany | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A leading human rights group said Thursday that the United States has lost its moral authority by supporting autocratic governments in strategic count...

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US State Department Expects 'Some' Fraud In Pakistan Polls

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The US State Department said Tuesday it expected Pakistan's upcoming elections to be tainted and called on all groups, including international monitor...

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Pakistan Rebuffs Secret US Pleas For CIA Buildup

NY Times | ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The top two American intelligence officials traveled secretly to Pakistan early this month to press President Pervez Musharraf to allow the Central In...

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Musharraf Hits Out At Retired Generals

Financial Times | James Blitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan on Wednesday night angrily hit out at the retired generals who this week said that they no longer had confidence in him, ...

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Support for Musharraf Collapses At Home And Abroad

Washington Post | John Ward Anderson and Robin Wright | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As critical elections in Pakistan approach, President Pervez Musharraf is increasingly losing support from major constituencies, including his traditi...

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Musharraf: Pakistan Is Not Hunting Osama bin Laden

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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PARIS — Pervez Musharraf says he still gets the question a lot: When will Osama bin Laden and his top deputy be caught? The Pakistani president ...

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Rice Defends US Aid to Pakistan

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BERLIN — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday the Bush administration will fight efforts to curb billions of dollars in U.S. aid to ...

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Musharraf: Troops Will "Shoot Anyone" Trying To Disrupt Elections

Associated Press | Munir Ahmed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Pervez Musharraf warned troops would shoot anyone trying to disrupt parliamentary elections meant to bring stability to the country as it ba...

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Motorbike Bomb Kills 9 In Pakistan, Wounds Dozens

AP | ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

A bomb planted on a motorbike killed at least nine people and wounded 52 others Monday evening in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, officials said. ...

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Musharraf Warns US Against Unilateral Attacks On Al Qaeda In Pakistan

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan warned in an interview published Friday that any unilateral attacks by the United States against Al Qaeda and T...

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Reid Wants Bush To Pressure Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday urged President George W. Bush to consider cutting aid to Pakistan unless it restores full civil rights ...

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Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens In Pakistan

AP | K.M. CHAUDHRY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A suicide bomber blew himself up among police deployed outside a court in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 22 people and wounding more t...

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Pakistan: US Forces Cannot Hunt Al Qaida, Taliban Militants On Our Soil

AP | SADAQAT JAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pakistan reiterated Sunday that it will not let American forces hunt al-Qaida and Taliban militants on its soil, after a news report said Washington w...

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Musharraf: Bhutto To Blame For Own Death

CBS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The assassination of his chief political rival was her own fault, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf tells Lara Logan in his first one-on-one interv...

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