For Now, Musharraf Has Muzzled Legal Critics in Pakistan
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For speaking out against President Pervez Musharraf, one lawyer spent three weeks in jail and another is under house arrest in Lahore. None of these leaders can talk to one another.
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Pakistan's president has removed the Islamic nation's chief justice for "misuse of authority," state media reported yesterday. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has taken a tough line against government misdeeds and human rights abuses. Opposition groups, lawyers, and former judges expressed surprise over the dismissal, which underlined the power of President Pervez Musharraf over the judiciary.
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Riot police arrested dozens of opposition activists protesting against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Monday as Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed two legal challenges to his re-election bid.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf brushed off criticism of his leadership Friday and renewed a pledge that upcoming elections will be free and fair, as he faced protests in London.
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Pakistan passed a law on Tuesday that  will allow President Pervez Musharraf to stay on as army chief  despite his pledge that he would quit his military post by the  end of the year.
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Pakistan Times Special Correspondent. ISLAMABAD: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan enjoys real democracy and now efforts are under way for reconciliation and political harmony in the country.
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Pakistan's government has put curbs on the media and threatened operators with closure in the hope of stifling an opposition campaign for judicial independence and democracy, analysts and media workers said on Tuesday.
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Chief government lawyer gives clearest confirmation that Pakistani president plans to contest elections.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf defends imposing emergency rule, insisting he is acting to curb extremism.
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Pakistani lawyers and opposition party members rallied outside the Supreme Court here on Saturday to support the judge at the centre of a row threatening President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s grip on power.
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New Delhi/Islamabad, Oct. 26 (NNN): Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday came in for sharp criticism from within and outside for his âradical new effortâ to resolve the long-lingering Kashmir tangle with neighbouring India.
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Pakistan&#39;s president, General Pervez Musharraf, yesterday accused his political opponents of &quot;threatening&quot; democracy as he
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto ignored government warnings -- and defended himself against accusations that he had a role in her slaying.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf formalized his candidacy for a new five-year term Thursday as security forces sealed off the Pakistani capital to prevent a planned protest by angry attorneys.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf explained to his country Thursday why he won&#39;t quit his position as military chief
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 30 -- Nearly three months into a judicial crisis that has badly shaken President Pervez Musharraf, the nation's chief justice has provided the first detailed account of a meeting in which the president and other top military and intelligence officials pressured him to step...
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WASHINGTON: President Pervez Musharraf told the New York Times in an interview published Tuesday that his leadership was freeing his country from the menace of extremism and that this national