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/ 5 November 2007

Musharraf to be given ultimatum

The United States and Britain are on Monday expected to demand that Pakistan’s President, Pervez Musharraf, honour pledges to hold elections in the next two months and step down as the army chief, or face a cut in Western support. The diplomatic showdown will come in the form of a meeting in Islamabad between the Pakistani leader and a group of ambassadors.

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/ 23 October 2007

Bhutto accuses government of cover-up in bombing

Benazir Bhutto on Monday accused the Pakistani government of staging a cover-up after it refused her request for British and American experts to join the inquiry into last Thursday’s suicide bombing. ”If people have nothing to hide then they should be open to investigators from all over the world,” the former prime minister told a press conference.