Pakistan aid plan facing resistance
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is struggling to get congressional approval for millions of dollars in aid to a tribal paramilitary group in the semiautonomous region of Pakistan where Al Qaeda and the Taliban have gained such a foothold that they have been able to launch destabilizing attacks on both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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HARIPUR, Pakistan, June 2 -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday in one of the strongest displays of opposition yet to President Pervez Musharraf, even as the government cracked down on the media in an attempt to control a burgeoning crisis.
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A formula proposed by Pakistanâs President General Pervez Musharraf for solving the long-running issue of Kashmir has been rejected by opposition groups.
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Congress this week slapped restrictions on US military aid to Pakistan, creating a rift with the George W. Bush administration on how aggressively to pursue democratic reform there, congressional observers said.
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The United States this year will start spending in earnest $750 million where its troops can't go in the hope of making Pakistan's unruly tribal lands less hospitable for al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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The party that backs Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was headed for defeat on Tuesday after voters rallied to the opposition, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999.
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Pakistan&#39;s military ruler President Pervez Musharraf is battling serious dissent within his own party, weakening a crucial cornerstone of the US-led &quot;war on terror,&quot; analysts and party officials say.
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Exiled opposition leader Nawaz Sharif upped the stakes in Pakistan's turbulent power struggle yesterday by vowing to return home in two weeks to challenge the president, Pervez Musharraf, despite threats of arrest.
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A plan that could authorize more aggressive operations follows concern that Al Qaeda and the Taliban hope to destabilize the Pakistani government, officials said.
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The arrest on Pakistani soil shows the challenges facing Pervez Musharraf's government.
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New York, Sept. 20 (NNN): Pakistan has made it clear it will oppose Indiaâs bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's political opposition yesterday launched a legal challenge to the deportation of a prominent rival of President General Pervez Musharraf a day earlier, spearheading what was described as a broader campaign to topple the military leader.
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President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s proposals to solve the Kashmir dispute has been called a &quot;betrayal&quot; by opposition groups in Pakistan.
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The U.S. administration is opposed to provisions of a bill now in the hands of Congress which would link military aid for Pakistan to its efforts to tackle the Taliban, the U.S. embassy said.
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I have long claimed that the rise of extremism and militancy in Pakistan could not happen without support from elements within the current administration. My return to my country poses a threat to the forces of extremism that have thrived under a dictatorship. They want to stop the restoration of democracy at any price. They have exploited a poor, desperate, and powerless people and allowed extremists the right environment in which to flourish.
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An international opinion poll of Pakistanis suggests widespread  opposition to President Musharraf.
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Legal wrangling over President Gen. Pervez Musharraf 's re-election bid intensified Monday after exiled former leader Benazir Bhutto accused the general's allies of pushing Pakistan toward a dangerous crisis by refusing to restore democracy and share power.