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Pervez Musharraf

Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with Benazir Bhutto’s murder
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/ 20 August 2013

Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with Benazir Bhutto’s murder

Once Pakistan’s most powerful man, Pervez Musharraf has been indicted for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder.

By Staff Reporter
It’s me, Musharaff, remember?
Article
/ 28 March 2013

It’s me, Musharaff, remember?

Former coup leader returns to Pakistan, but the ex-president may have overestimated his appeal.

By Jon Boone
Pakistan Taliban threaten to send Musharraf to ‘hell’ when he returns
Article
/ 23 March 2013

Pakistan Taliban threaten to send Musharraf to ‘hell’ when he returns

Pakistan’s Taliban have threatened to use suicide bombers and snipers to kill former President Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from exile.

By Reuters
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Article
/ 20 January 2012

Pakistan on the edge

The increasingly strained relations between the army and civilian leadership could lead to a coup.

By Jason Burke
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/ 11 August 2009

Pakistan police book Musharraf, say officials

Pakistan police on Tuesday registered a criminal case against ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf for his 2007 detention of top judges.

By Sajjad Tarakzai
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Article
/ 24 March 2009

Families of Pakistan’s missing pin hopes on Chaudhry

Zahida Sharif has one hope as Pakistan’s reinstated top judge returns to court on Tuesday — that her missing husband will come home.

By Shafiq Ahmad
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/ 24 March 2009

Pakistan’s Chaudhry pleads for end to corruption

Pakistan’s reinstated top judge Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry urged lawyers on Tuesday to wipe out corruption in the judiciary amid a hero’s welcome.

By Nasir Jaffry
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/ 25 February 2009

Pakistan court bars opposition leader from office

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from elected office, raising the prospect of bitter political conflict.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 19 November 2008

‘Anti-women’ Cabinet riles Pakistan’s activists

Two politicians accused of brutal attitudes towards women have been made Cabinet ministers in Pakistan, causing outrage among human rights activists.

By Saeed Shah
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Article
/ 16 September 2008

A doomed presidency

With the army poised for a coup and the Taliban winning hearts, Zardari doesn’t stand a chance.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 25 August 2008

Pakistan’s Sharif pulls party out of coalition

Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of the ruling coalition on Monday, deepening a political crisis.

By Jerry Norton
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Article
/ 23 August 2008

Pakistani troops kill 35 militants in clash

Pakistani troops killed 35 militants in fighting in the Swat Valley north-west of Islamabad on Saturday after the militants ambushed a patrol.

By Junaid Khan
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Article
/ 23 August 2008

Suicide bomber kills eight Pakistani policemen

A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a police station in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Saturday, killing at least eight policemen.

By Junaid Khan
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Article
/ 22 August 2008

Pakistan to elect Musharraf successor in September

Pakistan will hold presidential elections on September 6 to pick a successor to Pervez Musharraf, who resigned this week to avoid impeachment charges.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 August 2008

Scene set for lengthy struggle

Musharraf’s position has been in doubt since elections in February. The resignation means that the West has lost its most important ally.

By Jason Burke
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Article
/ 19 August 2008

Pakistani coalition focuses on security, economy

Leaders of Pakistan’s coalition government set about tackling economic and security problems on Tuesday as a bomb at a hospital killed at least 23.

By Kamran Haider
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Article
/ 19 August 2008

Musharraf: Military strongman, reluctant politician

Two days after Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999, a poll in Pakistan revealed that 75% of Pakistanis supported the takeover.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 18 August 2008

Pakistan’s Musharraf steps down

Pakistan’s beleaguered President, Pervez Musharraf, announced his resignation on Monday in the face of an impending impeachment motion.

By Kamran Haider
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Article
/ 17 August 2008

Pakistan looks to life without the general

On Monday, the two most powerful politicians in Pakistan will either be burying President Pervez Musharraf or praising him.

By Jason Burke
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Article
/ 15 August 2008

Musharraf ‘ready to resign’

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment, coalition government officials said on Friday.

By Zeeshan Haider
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Article
/ 11 August 2008

Musharraf won’t quit despite impeachment

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will not resign, his spokesperson said, as the ruling coalition put the finishing touches to impeachment charges.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 August 2008

Pakistan Parliament to start Musharraf impeachment

Pakistan’s national assembly will meet next week to formally set into motion the process to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 8 August 2008

Musharraf plans impeachment fightback

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will defend himself against impeachment by the ruling coalition, aides and allies said on Friday.

By Danny Kemp
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Article
/ 7 August 2008

Pakistan rulers agree to begin Musharraf impeachment

Pakistan’s ruling coalition agreed on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.

By Zeeshan Haider
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Article
/ 9 July 2008

Women at Pakistan’s Red Mosque vow babies for jihad

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.

By Zeeshan Haider
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/ 25 June 2008

Bodies found of 22 abducted by Pakistani Taliban

Pakistani Taliban militants murdered 22 rivals captured this week when they seized a north-western town, a government official said.

By Alamgir Bitani
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Article
/ 16 June 2008

Karzai threatens to send troops into Pakistan

Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s President, escalated tensions with neighbouring Pakistan on Sunday by threatening to send troops across the border.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 June 2008

Lawyers in ‘long march’ against Musharraf

President Pervez Musharraf faced a fresh assault on his authority on Monday when Pakistan’s lawyers launched a week of street protests.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 20 May 2008

Old rivals India and Pakistan resume peace process

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.

By Kamran Haider
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Article
/ 13 April 2008

Lahore loses kite festival to political turmoil

Pakistan’s political turmoil and violence have claimed a high-profile cultural victim — a centuries-old kite-flying festival that draws thousands of visitors. The Basant festival brings a springtime buzz to eastern Pakistan and its regional capital, Lahore, and officials usually relax a ban on the pastime.

By Asif Shahzad
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Article
/ 31 March 2008

Al-Qaeda grooming militants who ‘look Western’

The head of the main United States spy agency has warned that al-Qaeda is training operatives who ”look Western” and could enter the United States undetected to conduct terrorist attacks. Central Intelligence Agency Director General Michael Hayden said the terror network has shed its operational reliance on mastermind Osama bin Laden.

By Michael Mathes
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Article
/ 25 March 2008

New Pakistan PM sworn in by Musharraf

Pakistan’s new prime minister was sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday as two senior United States envoys arrived for talks aimed at shoring up Islamabad’s role in the ”war on terror”.

By Masroor Gilani
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