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Items by By JANE PERLEZ and SALMAN MASOOD
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Musharraf Vows to Fight Impeachment Charges
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:34am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
President Pervez Musharraf fought back Friday against politicians who predicted he would leave office before he could be impeached.
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Musharraf Set to Resign in Days, Officials Assert
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 2:43am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is expected to quit rather than face impeachment, Pakistani politicians said.
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13 Killed in Attack on a Bus in Pakistan
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 3:43pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
The Taliban response to an agressive assault by Pakistan’s government in a tribal region this week was immediate and costly.
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Musharraf Won’t Resign, Allies Say
Posted: August 8th, 2008, 7:56am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
President Pervez Musharraf will stage a spirited defense against impeachment charges the governing coalition is pursuing against him, his key allies said Friday.
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Pakistani Bear Market Has Investors Raging in the Streets
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 10:48pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
With the Karachi Stock Exchange suffering through its worst losing run in at least 18 years, investors are taking to the streets to show their anger at the new government.
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Pakistan Marble Helps Taliban Stay in Business
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 9:05am EDT by By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and JANE PERLEZ
The takeover of the Ziarat quarry has enabled the Taliban to turn themselves into a self-sustaining fighting force.
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The Saturday Profile: Frontier Years Give Might to Ex-Guerrilla’s Words
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 4:05am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Ahmed Rashid at home in Lahore, Pakistan. An expert on the Taliban, Mr. Rashid has turned out to be something of a prophet in the region, but mostly of the Cassandra type.
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Pakistani Forces Appear to Push Back Militants
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 12:41am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
Government forces appeared to have pushed members of a militant Islamist group farther from Peshawar, but the group’s leader remained at large.
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Pakistan Shells Islamic Militants Near Peshawar
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 11:14pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
The strike was the first time the new civilian government resorted to military action against militants.
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Pakistani Army Shells Militants Terrorizing Peshawar
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 2:27pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The operation was designed to push the Taliban militants led by Mangal Bagh back from the perimeter of the city of Peshawar, officials said.
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Taliban Imperil Pakistani City, a Major Hub
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 1:18pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
The threat to Peshawar is a sign of the rising danger that the Taliban militants present to the entire region.
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Pakistani Taliban Say They Killed 28 Men From Peace Group
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 4:06am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
The bodies of 28 members of a government-sponsored peace committee were found dumped near South Waziristan, government officials said.
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Pakistani Taliban Cited in 22 Slayings
Posted: June 25th, 2008, 6:11am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The bodies of 22 members of a government-sponsored peace committee were found dumped near South Waziristan, government officials said.
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Pakistan Court Bars Sharif From Election
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 12:41am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Nawaz Sharif had been barred from running in the February parliamentary elections because of a conviction on charges of hijacking.
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Pakistani Fury Over Airstrikes Imperils Training
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 1:25am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Anger in Pakistan over lethal American airstrikes on its soil threatens a joint effort to combat militants.
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Rival Turns Up the Heat on Musharraf
Posted: June 15th, 2008, 12:19am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
A senior government leader escalated the pressure on Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf to resign, suggesting at a large rally that he should be hanged.
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Thousands Fill Streets for Protest in Pakistan
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 5:57am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Thousands of protesters converged in Islamabad, calling for the dismissal of President Pervez Musharraf and the restoration of the senior judges he dismissed.
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Taliban Leader Flaunts Power Inside Pakistan
Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 1:55pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
An appearance by the reclusive Baitullah Mehsud shows the wide latitude Pakistan has granted the militants.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 11 Near a Pakistani Army Base
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:28am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The blast came just days before the government was expected to complete a peace deal with Taliban militants.
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Militants Free Ambassador of Pakistan in Exchange
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:42am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, who was kidnapped three months ago by Taliban militants, was released Friday night, the government said.
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Pakistan Defies U.S. on Halting Afghanistan Raids
Posted: May 16th, 2008, 12:30pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Pakistani officials are making it clear that they have no interest in stopping cross-border attacks by militants.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Taliban Prisoner Exchange
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 12:12am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The Pakistan Army released 40 Taliban militants in exchange for 12 members of the army and the paramilitary Frontier Corps.
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Partner Leaves Pakistan’s Cabinet
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 11:39am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The move, in response to an impasse over Supreme Court judges, was a sign of the fragility of the new government.
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News Analysis: A New Diplomatic Order in Pakistan
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 4:34am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The deputy secretary of state bore the brunt of a range of complaints that Pakistanis now feel freer to air with the end of military rule by President Pervez Musharraf. -
New Pakistani Leaders Tell Americans There’s ‘a New Sheriff in Town’
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 3:50pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Party leaders in Pakistan delivered strong messages to American diplomats, who urged the leaders to step up their fight against extremists. -
Deadly Blast at Restaurant in Pakistan’s Capital
Posted: March 15th, 2008, 4:59pm EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and SALMAN MASOOD
At least one person was killed and 11 people — including five Americans — were wounded in an explosion at a restaurant in a popular shopping area and one of the few places in Islamabad that serves alcohol. -
From Prison to Zenith of Politics in Pakistan
Posted: March 11th, 2008, 2:25am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The widower of Benazir Bhutto now sits at the pinnacle of Pakistani politics, a startling comeback for a man was once one of Pakistan’s most ostracized figures. -
Pakistan Rivals Join to Fight Musharraf
Posted: March 10th, 2008, 3:29am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
The leaders of the two major political parties agreed that they would reinstate the judges the Pakistani president fired, which may create a challenge to his presidency.