Pakistan&#39;s Caretaker Prime Minister Steps Down
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Pakistan&#39;s caretaker prime minister has stepped down, clearing the way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz to take control of the country&#39;s Parliament.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The president of Pakistan's ruling party, one of President Pervez Musharraf's closest political allies, said yesterday that Musharraf will resign from his post as chief of army staff before parliamentary elections scheduled for the first week of January, but said he will run for reelection as president in the coming weeks, while still in uniform.
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf would resign as army chief and serve another term as president and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan.
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto&#39;s husband Asif Zardari will leave for Islamabad in the afternoon. Zardari&#39;s visit to Islamabad comes after almost 8 years since he was imprisoned on corruption
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Pakistani lawmakers elected Shaukat Aziz the country&#39;s prime minister in a vote boycotted by the opposition. The new premier pledged to maintain economic changes aimed at boosting growth and reducing poverty.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s interim Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain resigned today after a short stint of nearly two months, paving the way for President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s choice Shaukat Aziz to take over the top post on Saturday.
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President Musharraf takes control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons away from the prime minister.
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Chile's foreign and defense ministers stepped down Wednesday in moves making it easier for them to seek public office.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Sept. 21 -- With his retirement from the army looming, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Friday named a known loyalist to head the nation's influential military-led intelligence service. Musharraf also cleared the way for the intelligence chief he replaced to possibly take over...
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf plans to quit as army chief to become a civilian leader, removing a main objection to his proposed re-election in October, a senior ruling party official said on Monday.
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NAUDERO, Pakistan  - Thousands of mourners wept and beat their heads in grief as the body of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's slain former prime minister, was carried out of her ancestral home on her funeral procession on Friday.
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ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf has accepted the resignation tendered by Prime Minister Ch Shujaat Hussein. However, Ch Shujaat will serve the office till new leader of the house takes oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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A ruling was a blow to Pakistanâs president, who has been beset by Islamic militants and pro-democracy opponents.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat has resigned from his office and the federal cabinet has also been dissolved. The national assembly will elect the leader of the house on Friday while the new prime minister will take oath on Saturday.
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The Bosnian Serb prime minister steps down after the US and Bosnia's top international envoy sanction officials.
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Former finance minister and President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s key loyalist Shaukat Aziz took the oath of office on Saturday as the country&#39;s new prime minister, one day after his parliamentary
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.