Archive for the ‘pakistan’ Category

Musharraf says he’s stepping down

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday to avoid impeachment charges, nearly nine years after the key U.S. ally in its campaign against terrorism took power in a coup.Read the full story

Pakistan’s Bhutto assassinated

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally.Read the full story

US ‘nightmare’: Will Pakistan chaos let al Qaeda get nukes?

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

The nuclear state, which is battling encroaching al Qaeda fighters at its borders, has descended into chaos after President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and suspended Pakistan's constitution. Taliban fighters and al Qaeda terrorists who had sought refuge in the mountainous border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan are ...

Twin blasts strike near Bhutto

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Two explosions went off Thursday night near a truck carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on her celebratory return to Pakistan after eight years in exile. Police said she was unhurt, but hospital officials and witnesses said dozens of people were killed and more than 150 wounded.Read the full story

Bombs kill at least 24 in Pakistan

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

The first explosion devastated the bus early Tuesday morning as it traveled through a high-security area of Rawalpindi, a garrison city just south of Islamabad and the headquarters of the army.Read the full story

Musharraf’s plane reportedly fired on

Friday, July 6th, 2007

A burst of gunfire went off as President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s plane left a military base on Friday, in what one official described as a failed assassination attempt.Read the full story