President Pervez Musharraf will stage a spirited defense against impeachment charges the governing coalition is pursuing against him, his key allies said Friday.
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.
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.
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.
Thousands of protesters converged in Islamabad, calling for the dismissal of President Pervez Musharraf and the restoration of the senior judges he dismissed.
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.
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.
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.
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.