Pakistan Opposition to Form Government
BHURBAN, Pakistan — Pakistan's election winners sealed an agreement Sunday to form a coalition government and said parliament would restore judg...
BHURBAN, Pakistan — Pakistan's election winners sealed an agreement Sunday to form a coalition government and said parliament would restore judg...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics
Two major Democratic voices on foreign policy warned on Tuesday that the United States was perilously ignoring a growing threat as it remained bogged ...
AP | SADAQAT JAN | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies that users ha...
McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration is pressing the opposition leaders who defeated Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to allow the former general to retain his...
Washington Post | Robin Wright | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics
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...
AFP | Danny Kemp | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf rejected calls to resign as opposition parties on Wednesday mulled a coalition government that could force the ke...
London Times | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics
President Pervez Musharraf's leading opponents urged him to resign today as they jockeyed for position in a new coalition government after winning par...
Shuja Nawaz | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
If Musharraf learns to co-habit with this new dispensation at the center, then he may be able to salvage his place in history.
London Times | Jeremy Page and Zahid Hussain | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
President Musharraf's supporters conceded defeat last night in a landmark parliamentary election that could seal his political fate and resurrect demo...
AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
KHAZANA, Pakistan — Posters of the Muslim world's first female prime minister, the late Benazir Bhutto, fluttered in the wind. But the ballot bo...
McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
Fears of massive violence appeared to keep turnout low as Pakistanis cast ballots in National Assembly elections Monday. No party was expected to win...
Reuters | Augustine Anthony | Posted 02.18.2008 | Home
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...
AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics
LAHORE, Pakistan — Sen. Joseph Biden urged Pakistani authorities to ensure that Monday's parliamentary elections are free and fair, warning that...
AP | SADAQAT JAN | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a crowd following a rally for a candidate allied with the opposi...
Shuja Nawaz | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics
Before Pakistanis go to the vote on February 18, they deserve answers to some questions from their political leaders, the high command of the army, and the United States government.
Associated Press | Munir Ahmed | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics
President Pervez Musharraf warned troops would shoot anyone trying to disrupt parliamentary elections meant to bring stability to the country as it ba...
Shuja Nawaz | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
Musharraf has often spoken about restoring democracy to Pakistan. But as Bhutto texted me about one of his statements before her return to Pakistan: "What people say and what happens r two diff things."
AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 01.02.2008 | Home
Pakistani elections will be delayed until Feb. 18 because of violence following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, authorities said Wednesday, ignor...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics
A newly released video of Benazir Bhutto's assassination and an inconclusive medical report raised new doubts Monday about the official explanation of...
Omid Memarian | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics
Although General Musharraf has condemned this act of terrorism, he must be relieved at the removal of his most serious opponent who repeatedly questioned his legitimacy.
Washington Post | Robin Wright and Glenn Kessler | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics
For the Bush administration, there is no Plan B for Pakistan. The assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto dramatically altered Pakistan...
Washington Times | Philip Sherwell | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics
Benazir Bhutto was so fearful for her life that she tried to hire British and American security firms, including Blackwater, to protect her, but Pakis...
AP | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics
Two suspected suicide bombers died Sunday when they prematurely detonated their bomb near the residence of a senior leader of the ruling party in east...
Times of India | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
The election commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to postpone the January 8 polls in view of the situation in the country after the murder of form...
Husain Haqqani | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics
The rigging on Pakistan's Election Day is likely to be selective, outside of the view of foreigners and the media as far as possible.
AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics