Opposition swells to Pakistani judge's sacking
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Opposition swelled on Tuesday to the government's move to sack Pakistan's top judge as a judicial council heard the case against him behind closed doors.
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SUKKUR, Pakistan  - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made the country an international laughing stock by purging the judiciary after he imposed emergency rule in November, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday.
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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court on Monday began hearing petitions by the opposition against General Pervez Musharraf&#39;s plan to be re-elected as both president and chief of the powerful army.
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Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen opposition activists in a bid to scupper protests against President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election on October 6, officials said.
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Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif petitioned the Supreme Court on Tuesday saying their leader was illegally deported, and setting up a showdown between the court and the government.
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Pakistan&#39;s suspended chief  justice traveled into the Pakistani heartland on Saturday to a  tumultuous welcome from opposition supporters now posing a  growing challenge to President Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistan's president says he will abide by a court ruling to reinstate the chief justice, a vocal opponent.
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Pakistani opposition leaders cranked up pressure on President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, after doubts were cast over his re-election plans by the Supreme Court's reinstatement of a judge seen as a symbol of resistance.
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Pakistan's bitter election campaign heated up again Sunday as the country's main opposition leaders accused President Pervez Musharraf of trying to rig the vote two weeks from now.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan&#39;s Islamic and secular opposition parties lambasted President Pervez Musharraf yesterday for going back on his word to step down as army chief by the end of the year, calling it another blow to democracy.
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About 1,000 Pakistani opposition activists gathered outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Friday to denounce President Pervez Musharraf's bid to win another term in an October 6 election.
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Pakistan's opposition called for mass rallies to protest the decision by President Pervez Musharraf not to quit as army chief as promised, accusing the general of undermining democracy.
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The deposed chief justice of Pakistan says President Musharraf is an "extremist general" for sacking him.
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Pakistan's top judge got a boost Monday when the Supreme Court allowed him to contest his suspension by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a case that has fueled widespread protests of the government.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - A Pakistani lawyer who has spearheaded opposition to President Pervez Musharraf has come out of three months of detention as defiant as ever and insisting the president step down.
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Pakistani police have detained around 350 opposition party activists in the latest attempt to muzzle criticism of embattled President Pervez Musharraf, officials said Wednesday.
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With the country's electorate wanting President Musharraf out, opposition leaders don't expect him to play fair at the polls