Musharaff and Pakistan State of Emergency

Musharraf 2007 Emergency Rule Declared Illegal By Pakistani Court

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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

Maria Tirmizi | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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How Deeply is the U.S. involved in the Afghan Drug Trade?

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Special for the Huffington Post By Eric Margolis October 15, 2008 Afghanistan is in a `downward spiral,' the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of S...

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Goodbye 'Mush' -- Don't Come Back

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Benazir Bhutto Supporters Attacked Leaving Rally, 20 Feared Dead

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A suicide bomber attacked supporters of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as they were leaving a rally on Thursday and at least 20 people wer...

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Musharraf Ends Emergency Rule

AP | PAUL ALEXANDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Pakistan Opposition Leader Bhutto Calls On Musharraf To Resign

AP | MATTHEW ROSENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday called on Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to resign and ruled out serving under him in a future...

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Musharraf Sees No Emergency In Ending Emergency Rule

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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This weekend, Gen. Pervez Musharraf took two steps forward and three steps back in quelling the unrest in his country. The Pakistani president announc...

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Bhutto Under House Arrest Again

AP | MATTHEW ROSENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bhutto was trapped in a padlocked house surrounded by thousands of riot police, trucks, tractors loaded with sand, and a row of metal barricades toppe...

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Musharraf Rejects Rice's Call To End Emergency Decree

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL, DAVID ROHDE and JANE PERLEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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The president of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, rejected an appeal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lift the state of emergency, insisting ...

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