General Pervez Musharraf

Musharraf Admits Secret Deal With Taliban Backfired

ANI | Posted 09.29.2009 | World


LAHORE: Ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that his government's secret agreement with the Taliban had backfired. The Taliban had mi...

Musharraf Admits U.S. Aid Diverted To Strengthen Defense Against India

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.15.2009 | World


Former president Pervez Musharraf says the US military aid given to Pakistan during his tenure was used to strengthen defences against India. The mon...

Musharraf's Emergency Rule Illegal, Pakistan Court Rules

Maria Tirmizi | Posted 08.31.2009 | Home


Maria Tirmizi

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared the November 3rd, 2007 actions of former president Pervez Musharraf extra-judicial, illegal and unconstitutional.

Musharraf 2007 Emergency Rule Declared Illegal By Pakistani Court

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state of emergency former President Pervez Musharraf imposed in 2007 was unconstituti...

Summoning Musharraf To Court Sends Out A "Crucial" Message For Pakistan

Maria Tirmizi | Posted 08.23.2009 | World


Maria Tirmizi

The development has historic significance in a country where Martial Law has been imposed four times, each one accompanied by a nod from a submissive Supreme Court.

Mumbai Attacks Point to Needed U.S. Policy Shift

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


Joseph A. Palermo

Bush gave Musharraf $10 billion in arms to help the Americans fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Musharraf diverted the money to bolster the permanent face off against India and Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Islamabad Bombing Shakes Pakistan

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

The Marriot attack is further proof that Pakistan is edging ever deeper into outright civil conflict at a time when the stalemated war in Afghanistan is steadily seeping into Pakistan.

Goodbye 'Mush' -- Don't Come Back

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Aside from senior army generals, the wealthy elite, and a handful of fat cat politicians, the widely hated Musharraf was left with almost no support at home.

Post (Perverse) Pervez Pakistan

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Where does Musharraf's departure leave us insofar as the global effort to eradicate Al Qaeda from its haunts in northwest Pakistan? In one helluva pickle, to put it bluntly.

US And UK Trying To Nudge Pakistan's Musharraf Out The Door

McClatchy Newspapers | Saeed Shah | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


Americans and British diplomats are trying to encourage a quick exit from office for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, a staunch Western anti-ter...

Pakistani ruling coalition moves to oust Musharraf

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After months of internal bickering, Pakistan's governing coalition announced Thursday it will seek to impeach President Pe...

Musharraf On Obama: I Will Not Become A 'Useless Vegetable'

McClatchy | Saeed Shah | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


Embattled, U.S.-backed Pakistani Pres. Pervez Musharraf Saturday warned Barack Obama that if he wins the White House, he'd have to change his policies...

Musharraf Hits Out At Retired Generals

Financial Times | James Blitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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, ...

Support for Musharraf Collapses At Home And Abroad

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


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

Rice Defends US Aid to Pakistan

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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

Reid Wants Bush To Pressure Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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

Musharraf Ends Emergency Rule

AP | PAUL ALEXANDER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


President Pervez Musharraf lifted Pakistan's six-week-old state of emergency and restored the constitution Saturday, easing a crackdown that has enrag...

Farewell To Arms: Tearful Musharraf Steps Down As Army Chief

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...

Musharraf Retires as Pakistan Army Chief

Associated Press | Munir Ahmad | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...

US Was Tipped Off About Pakistan Emergency Rule

United Press International | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Pakistani and U.S. officials say the United States wasn't surprised when President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan, a report says....

Deputy Secretary Of State Negroponte Urges Pakistan To End Emergency Rule

Bloomberg | Khaleeq Ahmed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf must lift the state of emergency he declared this month and release all political detainees, U.S. Deputy Secretary...

Sectarian Violence Between Sunnis, Shiites Leaves 90 Dead In Pakistan

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims clashed Sunday in a northwestern Pakistan town where three days of sectarian violence has left 91 people _ most of them...

Benazir Bhutto Slams Musharraf In New CNN Interview

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto spoke to Wolf Blitzer, on CNN's Late Edition, about the current crisis in Pakistan. Blitzer asked Ms. ...

US: Pakistan Must End Emergency Rule

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, telling him that emergency rule must be lifted...

Pakistan Opposition Politician Imran Khan Arrested

NY Times | SALMAN MASOOD, CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The opposition politician Imran Khan emerged from hiding today to the cheers of hundreds of students at a protest demonstration against Pakistan's pre...