Pakistan

Pakistanis in US not convinced with Musharraf's justification for emergency

Washington, Nov 5: A majority of Pakistanis in the United States are angry over Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's taking extra-constitutional powers by invoking emergency in the country

British dailies expect Benazir to confront Musharraf

Benazir BhuttoIslamabad, Nov 5: The British media

'No possibility of holding Pakistan general elections in near future'

Islamabad, Nov 5 : There is no possibility of holding the next general elections in Pakistan, due in January, in near future, according to some government officials.

Pervez Musharraf will go for installment-based emergency for at least a year: Benazir Bhutto

Karachi, Nov 5 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that President General Pervez Musharraf would continue extending the emergency in instalments, and added that this would go o

Pakistan Govt. releases 25 militants in exchange for 213 armymen

Peshawar, Nov 5 : The Pakistan Government has set free 25 militants in exchange for the release of 213 army personnel who were held hostage in South Waziristan for over two months.

Asma Jehangir urges Pakistan’s friends to persuade US to stop supporting Pervez Musharraf

Chairwoman Asma JehangirPeshawar, Nov 5 : Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairwoman Asma Jehangir has urged “friends of Pakistan” to persuade the US to stop supporting President General Pervez Musharraf.

The US must “stop supporting the instable dictator, as his lust for power is bringing the country close to a worse form of a civil strife,” said Jehangir, who was put under house arrest for three months on Saturday after the proclamation of an emergency.

“It is time now for the international community to insist on preventive measures otherwise it may take decades to clean the mess,” Jehangir said in a statement.

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