Musharraf Faces Limited Options
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 4 -- A top adviser to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf acknowledged Tuesday that the general's options for staying in power are increasingly bleak and said that a declaration of emergency is being considered as a way of keeping him in office.
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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court is expected to decide on Friday whether President Pervez Musharraf can run for re-election in a ruling with far-reaching consequences for the nuclear-armed nation.
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Only days to go before Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz assumes the office of prime minister, a Pakistani newspaper has cautioned that President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s gamble in choosing him for the post could backfire.
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Pervez Musharraf has survived combat as a career soldier and assassination attempts as president. Now the will of his own people has pushed him to the precipice.
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Musharraf's unpopularity is proving uncomfortable for allies near to polling day
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Pakistan was poised to lift emergency rule on Saturday, but critics said it might make little difference for an opposition complaining President Pervez Musharraf can still engineer an election win for his allies.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf rejects "any pressure or ultimatum" to decide whether to quit as army chief, his spokesman said Thursday, after an opponent said he would step down as head of the military under a pact to restore Pakistan to democracy.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has touted Pakistan's independent media as a major accomplishment of his years in power, but journalists say recent restrictions on coverage of a political crisis are a sign that government tolerance has its limits.
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In Peshawar, where frustration is high over President Musharraf's inability to stop rising insecurity, law-and-order issues could shape the outcome of Feb. 18 election.
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Pakistan&#39;s President Pervez Musharraf is &quot;confused&quot; and not a little impatient. India is concerned, and Kashmiris are increasingly pessimistic.
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Musharraf may have lifted the order, but with elections on the horizon, many of his recent draconian measures endure
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has yet to decide whether to step down as army chief and try to become a civilian president, a spokesman for the president said on Thursday.
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President Pervez Musharraf has left  Pakistanis hankering for civilian democracy in little doubt  that he will keep his army uniform regardless of past promises  to become a civilian ruler.
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PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf admitted today to being slightly &quot;confused&quot; as to whether he should fulfill an earlier pledge to step down as army chief by the end of the year.
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The ruling on Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister, is a direct challenge to the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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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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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- As critical elections in Pakistan approach, President Pervez Musharraf is increasingly losing support from major constituencies, including his traditional military base, amid growing questions in both Pakistan and the United States about his ability to govern.