Pakistan detains hundreds ahead of ex-PM's return
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Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport and have detained more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.
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The imminent homecoming of the prime minister he deposed is the latest challenge to the Pakistani president's precarious hold on power
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Pakistani police re-arrested the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Tuesday, less than a month after his release from jail raised hopes for reconciliation with military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.
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Security forces have detained more than a dozen suspected militants, including some linked to al Qaeda, after killing Pakistan&#39;s most wanted man in a weekend shootout, intelligence sources said on Tuesday.
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Commandos enter plane of returning ousted Pakistani PM as rallies are banned and hundreds arrested.
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Pakistan's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is flying home as about 2,000 of his supporters are arrested.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 5 -- A government-led crackdown against the news media and the political opposition intensified here Tuesday, with hundreds of party workers arrested and television stations bracing for raids.
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Pakistani authorities arrest 'very important' suspects in hunt for the killers of opposition leader
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Musharraf government says exiled former prime minister will have to face corruption allegations.
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Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested at Islamabad airport on Monday and taken into custody about three hours after arriving home from seven years in exile.
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Hundreds of supporters of ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrested last week are being released.
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Pakistan has arrested former Taliban defense minister Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, regarded as top figure in the Afghanistan insurgency, a Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.
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Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf sent envoys to London this week to negotiate with two former prime ministers whose possible return may threaten his hold on power.
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Pakistan's ex-PM forced on to flight to Saudi Arabia.
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Pakistan authorities put a prominent lawyer back under house arrest Saturday after he tried to visit the grave of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his spokesman said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Under extraordinarily tight security, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned to her ancestral homeland yesterday in her first major move since an assassination attempt against her last week killed 140.
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Police today arrested the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhuttoâs in connection with the killing of a former judge and his son in 1996.