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March 25, 2008 - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swore in new prime minister and soon-to-be arch nemesis Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday. With his collarless dress shirts and freewheeling "I don't need no sti...
February 19, 2008 - "Having requested the Pakistani government's official permission for such strikes on previous occasions, only to be put off or turned down, this time the U.S. spy agency did not seek approval. The government of Pakistani President Pervez...
February 19, 2008 - President Musharraf's political party lost big time in Pakistan's parliamentary elections on Monday. Many of the leading figures in the president's party were not re-elected, and it's looking as if the military leader will be forced to share power with a prime minister from an...
January 23, 2008 - For months, media outlets around the world have scoffed at President Pervez Musharraf's plan to infuse his country with an "Essence of Democracy." Today, however, the world must eat it's words as it turns out that "Essence of Democracy" is not the abstract concept we assumed it was...
December 28, 2007 - So much has already been said about the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto that we're pretty sure we don't have anything earth-shattering to add about the sad sad news.
But here are the things that we do know:
1. B...
December 28, 2007 - The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has heightened concerns that nuclear-armed Pakistan, a member of the nuclear club with nuclear weapons, may be sliding toward chaos. But there are signs of hope in Pakistan, a country that has hydrogen bombs.
True, Bhutto's murder at a campaign...
November 29, 2007 - Odds that...
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams's secret meeting with gay clergy and their partners will be a dishy session on when...
November 29, 2007 - Please, please, please, let Musharraf keep his uniform.
I was fine with Musharraf stepping down today as leader of Pakistan's armed forces, and totally OK with his being sworn in as a civilian. But, I think I speak for Pervez and myself when I say, let him keep the...
November 28, 2007 - Pakistani president, Taliban sympathizer, and American ally Pervez Musharraf stepped down from his secondary role as Pakistan Army Chief today in an attempt to maintain control in the fractured nation. Musharraf spent his life in the Pakistani military, and came to power in a coup, so this abdicati...
November 28, 2007 - Odds that...
When Pakistani prime minister Pervez Musharraf, who's stepped down as the head of the army, takes off his uniform for the last time, he does jazz hands in the...
November 20, 2007 - Odds that...
When Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez visits Paris today for talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, they set aside a few hours to brainstorm...
November 13, 2007 - Odds that...
When Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, hears that ex-prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is urging him to resign, he giggles from his bu...
November 12, 2007 - This weekend, Gen. Pervez Musharraf took two steps forward and three steps back in quelling the unrest in his country. The Pakistani president announced that parliamentary elections would be held in January, but also said that his decree of emergency rule would last at least until the election date...
November 8, 2007 - Odds that...
Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, who is saying Pakistan's elections will be held by February 15, has already invited...
November 5, 2007 - While the idea of a state of emergency for most Americans involves being unable to watch new episodes of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" during the writers' strike, in Pakistan things are a bit different. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency, leading to vio...
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Pervez Musharraf on 23/6