Tag: Pervez
May 12th Date for Pakistani Judges' Return
All senior judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf during the unrest last year will be reinstated on May 12.A former Pakistani PM made the announcement earlier today, when he led his PML-N party in two days of talks with the largest party in the new coalotion, the PPP, to...
Pakistan likely to reinstate sacked Supreme Court...
There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...
Pakistan, Iran to ink gas pipeline deal
After years of discussion, it looks like the pipeline carryig natural gas from Iran to Pakistan and India may finally be going ahead."Pakistan and Iran on Monday resolved all issues on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI)...
Kashmir Singh Touches Indian Soil After 35 Years
"New Delhi (ABC Live): In Pakistan political suspense is not willing to subdue even after recent held elections. But one thing came out clear in this ambiguous situation for Kashmir Singh, an Indian solider, who was in Pakistani jail for last 35 year, when President Pervez...
Poll: Pakistanis turn against bin Laden
"By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer Sun Feb 10, 5:33 AM ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Sympathy for al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the Taliban has dropped sharply in Pakistan amid a wave of deadly violence, according to the results of a recent opinion poll.
The survey,...
Pakistan successfully test fires intermediate-ran...
"A Strategic Missile Group (SMG) of Pakistan Army`s Strategic Force Command (ASFC) conducted a successful training launch of Ghauri (Hatf V) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), said the APP report. The Ghauri IRBM has a range of 1300 km. It is the second launch of...
Brown and Musharraf hold talks in London
London (ANTARA News) - Pakistan`s President Pervez Musharraf held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday as more than 1,000 demonstrators staged a noisy protest outside Downing Street against his visit.
Musharraf, on a European tour ahead of elections in...
Journalist faces death, baby sold for 10 dollars
Kabul: A young Afghan student journalist, Syed Pervez Kambakhsh, has been sentenced to death by a lower court in the southern Balkh province. He is accused of copying an article from a site which reportedly contained...
Pakistan and the USA Military Differences
It's quite diverse how media reports can be perceived and received. For instance, in a Voice of America news dispatch, President Musharraf of Pakistan seems to take offense of America's offer to send American...
Truth Under Lock & Key: Musharaff Packs Courts Wi...
There
simply is no chance of an independent, honest investigation into the
assassination of Musharaff rival and former Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto. And, there's not much chance of independent news, either, given
the approved beatings of journalists.Pakistan is a nuclear...
Musharraf warns US on intervention
""Any entry by the United States or coalition forces into Pakistan`s tribal areas would be resisted as a breach of Pakistan`s sovereignty," Musharraf told the newspaper.Four American Democratic politicians contending for the party`s nomination for the race to the White House,...
Bhutto Assassination Breaking News: Scotland Yard...
UPDATE: Mushareff called Bhutto's murder a great tragedy and continued to blame "extremists". Original story follows. Talk about being allowed in far too late. President Pervez Mushareff will now get the credit...
Biden highlights Clinton Pakistan gaffe
"(CNN) — Democrat Joe Biden suggested Tuesday that presidential rival Hillary Clinton doesn't adequately understand recent events in Pakistan.
The Delaware senator was responding to news that Clinton suggested in two recent interviews that Pakistani President Pervez...
Pakistan to consider world help on Bhutto probe
"Pakistan`s interior ministry has ruled out international help, saying that the world community "does not understand the environment" in the country.Foreign Secretary David Miliband pledged Saturday that the British government would make "full resources" available to Pakistan...
Daughter of the West
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Daughter of the West
Tariq Ali
Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...
