Musharraf to lift emergency rule
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will lift emergency rule on Saturday in a move Western nations hope will stabilize the nuclear-armed state amid militant violence.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 10 -- Pakistani commandos stormed the Red Mosque at dawn Tuesday after last-minute negotiations broke down and President Pervez Musharraf gave the go-ahead for an operation aimed at ending the eight-day siege.
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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's President Pervez Musharraf  plans to address the nation on Thursday to explain his decision  to go back on a pledge to stand down as chief of the powerful  army by the end of the year, a government official said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 17 -- Pakistan's election commission announced a rule change Monday that could allow Gen. Pervez Musharraf to remain army chief even as he seeks another term as president.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistan's prime minister said Saturday the government is lifting economic sanctions in a tense tribal region near Afghanistan to encourage help in tracking down foreign militants and those who shelter them.    The sanctions, including the closure of shops and seizure of vehicles, were imposed in South Waziristan this year to punish tribesmen for failing to evict suspected foreign terrorists from their areas...
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President Pervez Musharraf is set to end emergency rule on Saturday but it was likely media would still face curbs with many judges and lawyers still under house arrest before Pakistan's election next month.
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Far from being alarmed by Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule, the business community fears it may not be enough to keep him in power.
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President Pervez Musharraf appealed for national unity as unofficial returns showed the opposition taking commanding leads early Tuesday in parliamentary elections aimed at bolstering democracy and calming political strife
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf tightened controls on Pakistan's media Monday, the latest move against dissent in a growing political crisis over his suspension of the chief justice.
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Islamabad, Nov. 1. - Amid strong protests from opposition lawmakers, Pakistanâs Parliament today approved a Bill allowing President Pervez Musharraf to continue as Pakistanâs army chief, disregarding
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ISLAMABAD, December 31 (Online): President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday declared that he would retain the office of Chief of Army Staff as mandated by the Parliament for continuity of national politics and appealed to the opposition to accept verdict
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Pakistan's main stock market falls nearly 5% as it reacts to the emergency rule imposed by President Musharraf.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President General Pervez Musharraf will stay on as army chief if he is not reelected, a government lawyer said yesterday, fueling opposition claims that he could be setting the stage to declare a state of emergency.
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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 President Pervez Musharraf  on Thursday reiterated his intention to retain his dual role of  army chief and called on the opposition to accept the decision  of the majority.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 20 -- Pakistan's high court on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to President Pervez Musharraf, reinstating the country's chief justice four months after Musharraf tried to oust him and jeopardizing the president's plan to hold on to power.