On Monday, the two most powerful politicians in Pakistan will either be burying President Pervez Musharraf or praising him.
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment, coalition government officials said on Friday.
Senior al-Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri has been killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will not resign, his spokesperson said, as the ruling coalition put the finishing touches to impeachment charges.
The turbulent prospect of direct United States intervention against al-Qaedaand Taliban jihadi bases in Pakistani territory adjoining Afghanistan appears to have moved closer after last week’s visit to Washington by Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani. Far from reassuring his hosts that Islamabad is on top of the situation in the so-called tribal areas, […]
Pakistan’s national assembly will meet next week to formally set into motion the process to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will defend himself against impeachment by the ruling coalition, aides and allies said on Friday.
Pakistan’s ruling coalition agreed on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.
An Italian climber walked down to K2 base camp on Tuesday after mists ruled out an airlift for a survivor of the worst disaster on the mountain.
Pakistani rescuers on Monday saved one climber stranded on K2 and tried to help another after a catastrophic ice avalanche.
Pakistan promises to ”weed out” elements sympathetic to the Taliban after claims of link between intelligence service and Afghan bombing.
A US missile strike on a Pakistani madrasa near the Afghan border killed six people on Monday, possibly including an al-Qaeda weapons expert.
Holders Australia could pull out of the Champions Trophy after the International Cricket Council decided to go ahead with the tournament in Pakistan.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif is challenging his positive test result for a banned substance during this year’s Twenty20 Indian Premier League.
About 2 000 Islamist women gathered at the Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war.
An apparent suicide bomber killed more than 10 people in an attack on police guarding Islamists marking the anniversary of a raid on the Red Mosque.
Younis Khan hit a century as an under-strength Pakistan beat India by eight wickets on Wednesday to revive their hopes of reaching the Asia Cup final.
Sparkling centuries from Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara powered Sri Lanka to a crushing 158-run win over Bangladesh on Monday.
Pakistani security forces on Saturday launched an offensive against Taliban militants who were threatening the main north-western city of Peshawar.
Pakistani Taliban militants murdered 22 rivals captured this week when they seized a north-western town, a government official said.
Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday denied selling blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon to Iran or North Korea.
President Pervez Musharraf faced a fresh assault on his authority on Monday when Pakistan’s lawyers launched a week of street protests.
Pakistani police foiled planned suicide attacks on the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, arresting six suspects and seizing three vehicles packed with explosives, officials said on Friday.
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been arrested at Dubai airport on charges of possessing illegal drugs, cricket officials said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Asif was seized while returning home from India after featuring in a domestic event that ended on Sunday, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on condition of anonymity.
A bomb went off outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday killing at least four people and wounding several, officials said. The blast destroyed the embassy gate and damaged the building and vehicles in the compound in the up-market district of Islamabad.
Top Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials met on Tuesday to review their four-year-old peace process that has stalled since domestic political turmoil erupted in Pakistan last year. It is the first contact India has had with leaders of a new Pakistani civilian government.
Suspected Taliban militants have released Pakistan’s envoy to Afghanistan more than three months after he was kidnapped in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region, a senior government official said on Saturday. Pakistani television channels said the envoy, Tariq Azizuddin, had been freed in Afghanistan.
A tribunal rejected fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s appeal on Wednesday against the five-year ban imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Justice Aftab Farrukh, head of the three-member tribunal, told reporters the suspension would remain in place under an interim order until a new hearing was held in June.
Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has tendered an unconditional apology to a tribunal hearing his appeal against a five-year ban, the tribunal head said on Tuesday. The 32-year-old paceman was banned earlier this month for breaching the players’ code of conduct by publicly criticising the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Misbah-ul Haq led Pakistan’s charge in guiding the home team to a comfortable 102-run win in the one-off Twenty20 international at the National Stadium in Karachi on Sunday. The 33-year-old scored a career-best 87 to lift Pakistan to their record Twenty20 total of 203-5 in 20 overs.
Opener Salman Butt smashed a record-breaking century to help Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 150 runs in the fifth and final day-night international on Saturday for a 5-0 series whitewash. The left-hander scored a career-best 136 to lift Pakistan to their highest one-day total against Bangladesh of 329-9 in their 50 overs.
Pakistan marched to an easy seven-wicket win against Bangladesh in the fourth one-day international on Wednesday and stretched their lead to 4-0 in the five-match series. Pakistan’s in-form top order batting line-up — led by left-hander Salman Butt (74) — scored 212-3 in 44.3 overs.