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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...
London Times | Jeremy Page and Zahid Hussain | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...
Associated Press | Munir Ahmed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
President Pervez Musharraf warned troops would shoot anyone trying to disrupt parliamentary elections meant to bring stability to the country as it ba...
AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | Politics
A newly released video of Benazir Bhutto's assassination and an inconclusive medical report raised new doubts Monday about the official explanation of...
Washington Post | Robin Wright and Glenn Kessler | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...
AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics