Islamists set deadline for Mush to quit army post
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan&#39;s opposition Islamic alliance on Saturday vowed to observe New Year&#39;s Day as a &quot;black day&quot; across the country if President Pervez Musharraf did not quit as army chief by December 31.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is likely to retain the post of army chief after Dec. 31 although he promised to take off the uniform by the end of this year, Dawn reported Thursday.
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[India News]: Rawalpindi, Dec. 19 : Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) vowed today to resist plans by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to stay on as head of the army, breaking his pledge to quit the post by the end of the year.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has yet to decide whether to step down as army chief, a spokesman said on Thursday, as former prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced he would return home from exile on September 10.
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Pakistan&#39;s military says it will remove remaining Al-Qaeda fighters and other Islamic militants from the mountainous region along the country&#39;s border with Afghanistan within the next six weeks.
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Iraqi Islamic party chief says decision to pull out motivated by governmentâs refusal to postpone elections. By Kamal Taha - BAGHDAD.
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KABUL, Nov 16: The latest deadline set by Muslim militants in Afghanistan who threatened to kill three UN hostages passed with no word on their fate on Tuesday, but the government said it was hopeful they would be released.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi Islamic Party, the largest Sunni Arab political faction, yesterday announced its withdrawal from legislative elections scheduled for Jan. 30, saying its demands to delay the vote
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KABUL Militants claiming to hold three United Nations hostages have set a deadline to decide on whether to kill them after declaring that talks on their demands have broken down.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf announces he will remain as army chief, despite promises to give up the post.
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An alliance of Pakistani opposition parties said on Sunday they would resign from national and provincial assemblies if President Pervez Musharraf tried to seek re-election from the sitting parliament.
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An influential group of retired officers from Pakistan's powerful military has urged President Pervez Musharraf to immediately step down, saying his resignation would promote democracy and help combat religious militancy.
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The Pakistan government has set a deadline of 11 a.m. (0600 GMT) on Wednesday for militant students at a mosque in the capital to surrender after 11 people were killed in clashes a day earlier, a spokesman said.
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The chief lawyer for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf says he will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected.
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The senior Shiite cleric&#39;s spokesman says that Muqtada al-Sadr&#39;s army will abandon the Imam Ali shrine today. BY HANNAH ALLAM.
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Two senior officials - from the European Union and the United Nations - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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Somalia's Islamist movement threatened on Tuesday to wage war on Ethiopian troops unless they leave the Horn of Africa nation within seven days.