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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...

Refugees Return Home, Muslims Attack Christians And Reading Between The Lines During A Pakistan News Hunt

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


Matthew Palevsky

Over 100 HuffPosters joined the Pakistan News Hunt, helping to submit 169 stories on Pakistan, 68 of which were reviewed by more than three individuals, earning a NewsTurst rating.

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...

Sharif Acquitted: Pakistani Court Dismisses 1999 Hijacking Charge, Lifts Ban Against Running For Office

AP | RASOOL DAWAR and MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 08.17.2009 | World


MIR ALI, Pakistan — Pakistani fighter jets flattened a suspected Taliban hide-out in the northwest early Saturday, killing six associates of a t...

Islamabad Wire: Democracy Defeats Mob Politics in Pakistan

Farahnaz Ispahani | Posted 04.16.2009 | World


Farahnaz Ispahani

With the issue that divided liberal democratic forces for several months settled, Pakistan can now focus on its real problems. Let it be said that in March, 2009 we chose democracy over mob rule.

The World's Most Dangerous Nuclear Threat

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post Eric S. Margolis December 18, 2008 The bitter struggle over the beautiful Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir is the ...

Focusing the Spy Glass on Pakistan's ISI

Shuja Nawaz | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Shuja Nawaz

Only in Pakistan does the appointment of a new spy chief elicit more commentary than say, a Prime Minister under today's political system.

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.

Musharraf's Future Uncertain As Talks Begin In Pakistan

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — With impeachment proceedings looming, the pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to quit built Friday as both his rivals a...

Obama's Good Day And A Columnist's Bad One

Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media


Sandy Goodman

Occasionally, Dana Milbank wakes up with his head tightly wedged into his rear end and Wednesday, with his Obama column, was one of those days.

The Biggest Problem in Pakistan is the United States

Zia Mian | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Zia Mian

Attacking al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan will only serve to strengthen the perception that the United States is at war with Pakistan and inevitably inflict more civilian casualties.

Pakistan's Coalition Government Proposes Stripping Musharraf Of Power

McClatchy Newspapers | Saeed Shah | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics


Pakistan's fragile coalition government set itself on a collision course with the country's U.S.-backed president Saturday with a plan to strip Pervez...

Pakistan Votes; Fears Violence, Rigging

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Eight weeks after Benazir Bhutto was slain, Pakistan is holding elections that could shepherd a troubled nation into a new...

Pakistan Rebuffs Secret US Pleas For CIA Buildup

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


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

25 Soldiers Missing, Feared Dead After Islamic Militants Overrun Pakistan Military Outpost

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Up to 25 troops were missing and feared dead after Islamic militants armed with rockets overran a remote military outpost close to the Afghan border, ...

Musharraf Warns US Against Unilateral Attacks On Al Qaeda In Pakistan

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


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

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

AP | SADAQAT JAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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...

Edwards: Obama "Living In Never-Never Land"

ABC News | JAKE TAPPER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In a wide-ranging, free-wheeling interview with Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards with ABC News Friday afternoon, the former North Carolina...

Perez Hilton Covers Musharraf's Inauguration As Civilian President

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Why get your news from the same old boring, "Pulitzer prize-winning" sources when you can turn to 23/6 for the freshest reporting from the hottest nam...

Exiled Musharraf Rival Returns To Pakistan To A 'Hero's Welcome'

AP | SLOBODAN LEKI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned home to a hero's welcome Sunday and called on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule...

Musharraf Rival In Exile Plans Return To Pakistan To Contest Election

AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is poised to return to Pakistan to contest critical January elections, his party said Thursday, posing a maj...

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...