As Pakistan prepares to announce early elections, its Supreme Court has ordered the prime minister to appear before it charged with contempt of court.
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/ 14 February 2009
Obama warned this month that the spillover of the Afghan war risks ”destabilising neighbouring Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons”.
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/ 19 November 2008
Two politicians accused of brutal attitudes towards women have been made Cabinet ministers in Pakistan, causing outrage among human rights activists.
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/ 16 November 2008
A US diplomat whose armoured vehicle was ambushed by suspected Islamic militants in Peshawar in August was unharmed.
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/ 29 October 2008
Pakistan has sought an emergency bail-out from the International Monetary Fund.
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/ 8 September 2008
The foreign ministry in Islamabad termed the incursion ”a gross violation of Pakistan’s territory”.
Pakistan promises to ”weed out” elements sympathetic to the Taliban after claims of link between intelligence service and Afghan bombing.