Court decision hangs over Musharraf's re-election bid
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President Pervez Musharraf signed nomination papers on Tuesday for his re-election, as lawyers defended him against legal challenges mounted by Pakistani parties opposed to army rule.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will seek re-election on Oct 6., despite legal challenges in the Supreme Court and slumping popularity, officials announced on Thursday.
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Pakistani president's move would removekey objection to him serving another term.
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President Pervez Musharraf has once again okayed the 2005 local government elections on a non-party basis. This means that the on-going battle between the political parties controlling the provinces on the
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Hailing the Supreme Court's reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice, newspapers warned democratic forces on Saturday that destabilizing President Pervez Musharraf further could play into militant and extremist hands.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 23 -- Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to return to the country after nearly seven years in exile, a decision that remakes the nation's political landscape and deals a major blow to President Pervez Musharraf as he...
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Pakistan's president mulls his options, but as his hold on power grows shaky, none of them look very good
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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court on Monday began hearing a raft of crucial petitions against General Pervez Musharraf&#39;s plan to be re-elected as president while holding the post of army chief.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court is to debate if Gen Musharraf should be army chief while seeking re-election.
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Pakistan's ruling party has enough votes to re-elect President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to a new five-year term, and the vote will likely take place in the first week of October, top party officials said Saturday.
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Lawyers for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf argued in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he should be allowed to run in an October 6 election despite opposition from parties demanding an end to military rule.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday dismissed legal challenges to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's bid for a new five-year term, allowing the military leader to run in the Oct. 6 election while retaining his role as army chief
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will give up his post of army chief soon after he is re-elected president and he will be sworn in for a new term as a civilian, his lawyer told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Lawyers summed up arguments on Wednesday as Pakistan's Supreme Court prepared to issue a landmark ruling on challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's bid for another term in an October 6 presidential election.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstated the country's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday four months after his suspension by President Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistani police detained opposition activists on Monday to stop them protesting in front of the Supreme Court as it resumed hearing challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election.
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CHICHAWATNI, Pakistan  - Pakistan's suspended chief justice carried his fight for reinstatement and the independence of the judiciary deep into the south of Punjab province on Sunday, milking support from towns along the way.