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/ 22 November 2007
Pakistan on Thursday faced suspension from the Commonwealth for the second time in eight years after failing to meet a deadline for lifting emergency rule. In a conversation on Wednesday, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, made a final plea to President Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency.
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/ 13 October 2007
Pakistan’s Supreme Court threw a spanner into Benazir Bhutto’s plans for a smooth homecoming on Friday by declaring that the former prime minister could still face prosecution on long-standing corruption charges. An amnesty signed into law by President Pervez Musharraf last week could yet be overturned at a hearing three weeks from now.