U.S. urges Pakistan move ahead with free election
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - The Bush administration on Sunday urged Pakistan to move ahead with free elections but declined to push Islamabad to hold the scheduled January 8 ballot after opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed last week.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told the World Economic Forum Thursday that his country must hold "free, fair and transparent" elections next month as part of a three-part plan to stabilize Pakistan.
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With just 18 days until a pivotal election, the United States is pressing Pakistan to help end the intimidation of candidates and voters by intelligence officers and local government officials, which could discredit the election's outcome and provoke new instability, according to U.S. and Pakista...
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Key US lawmakers have asked President George W. Bush&#39;s administration to ensure that embattled Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf does not renege on a pledge to hold elections this year.
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President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the Sept. 11 attacks the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's war campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday the Bush administration will fight efforts to curb billions of dollars in US aid to Pakistan while warning President Pervez Musharraf he must support and promote democracy
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President Pervez Musharraf promised Monday that Pakistan will hold fair elections next month and urged the West to be more patient
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US Senate majority leader Harry Reid on Tuesday asked President George W. Bush to slash aid to Pakistan if upcoming elections in the troubled Asian nation are not free and fair.
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Pakistan's Election Commission calls on political parties in forthcoming elections to run campaigns free of rancour.
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The US has said it will fully back any action that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf takes to capture Osama bin Laden. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said this at his daily press briefing on
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With Pakistan's critical parliamentary election fast approaching, Bush administration officials began scrambling late last month to find a U.S. monitoring group willing to travel to Pakistan and observe the Feb. 18 vote.
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The United States expressed concern on Monday about any indefinite postponement of elections in Pakistan after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and encouraged Islamabad to go ahead with the vote.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf pledged on Monday to hold free elections as he began a European trip aimed at bolstering outside support, but urged the West not to hold Pakistan to unrealistic rights standards.
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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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President Pervez Musharraf pledged that next week's elections would be free, fair and held on time, after political opponents accused him of planning to rig the vote so he could maintain his grip on power
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday the United States would recognize the election of a Shiite Muslim government in Iraq provided the voting is free, fair and open.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Sunday on President Pervez Musharraf to ensure campaigning ahead of Pakistan's elections in January was conducted freely and fairly.