Thursday, November 29th, 2007 Posted in Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf | 2 Comments »
The Nawaz Sharif-led All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) -- with the exception of Fazlur Rahman's JUI-F -- will boycott the upcoming elections. Bhutto's People's Party will take part in the polls. ... Read more..Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Pervez Musharraf | 2 Comments »
This morning Pakistan time, General Pervez Musharraf resigned from the armed forces, ending his 46-year military career. Tomorrow, he will take the presidential oath for another 5-year term ... Read more..Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
GEO News reports that the government of Pakistan will end emergency rule tomorrow. Read more..Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Ashfaq Kayani, Pervez Musharraf | 4 Comments »
Earlier today, Pervez Musharraf gave his farewell address to the army of Pakistan, passing the baton on to Gen. Ashfaq Kayani. Musharraf appeared very stoic, if not discomfited; his successor, Kayani, ... Read more..Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Read more..Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Nawaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif's Second Return | 3 Comments »
Nawaz Sharif arrived at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport this evening local time. Despite the arrests of 1,800 PML-N workers, thousands have gathered at the airport to greet the ... Read more..Saturday, November 24th, 2007 Posted in On Pakistani Military, Pakistan Army | 1 Comment »
For the third time in recent months, military targets in Rawalpindi -- the nerve center of Pakistan's army -- have been hit by militants likely affiliated with the neo-Taliban. On September ... Read more..Saturday, November 24th, 2007 Posted in Nawaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif's Return | No Comments »
Nawaz Sharif will be returning to Pakistan on Sunday, announced his brother, Shahbaz, today on ARY One World. This confirms the reports in Pakistani papers over the week of ... Read more..Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Posted in Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, 2007, Pervez Musharraf | No Comments »
Pakistan's Election Commission began accepting nominations today for national and provincial assemblies. As a result, the Pakistani government has released thousands of political prisoners, including senior figures that ... Read more..Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
With the plug pulled on its leading independent television news channels and power brokers Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, and Pervez Musharraf being relatively mum or cryptic in recent days, it ... Read more..