Calls mounted Tuesday for President Pervez Musharraf to step down after his ruling party suffered a resounding defeat in elections that independent monitors described as generally free and fair. ...more

February 20, 2008

Opposition parties took commanding leads in unofficial returns early today in parliamentary elections, heading toward a victory that could challenge President Pervez Musharraf's rule eight years after seizing power. ...more

February 19, 2008

The winners of what may be the most anticipated election this country has held will be settled the usual way Monday, by the number of ballots and fierce arguments over how they are counted. That, and perhaps the number of guns. ...more

February 17, 2008

The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said Friday it would try to remove President Pervez Musharraf if it wins next week's parliamentary elections. ...more

February 16, 2008

The U.S. missile strike that killed a top al-Qaida commander slightly more than a mile from a Pakistani military base shows how entrenched Islamic militants are in the lawless tribal regions, where extremists have launched increasingly bold attacks. ...more

February 2, 2008

A missile from a U.S. Predator drone struck a suspected terrorist safe house in Pakistan and killed a top al-Qaida commander thought responsible for a brazen bomb attack during a visit last year by Vice President Dick Cheney to Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

The U.S. military would be willing to undertake joint combat operations with Pakistani forces against Islamic militants if Pakistani leaders request the help, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. ...more

January 25, 2008

Pakistan's premier military intelligence agency has lost control of some of the networks of Pakistani militants it has nurtured since the 1980s, and is suffering the violent blowback of that policy, two former senior intelligence officials and other officials close to the agency say. ...more

January 15, 2008

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday vehemently denied that he or his government played any role in the death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and instead blamed her for not heeding warnings to take extra precautions. ...more

January 4, 2008

A team of Scotland Yard investigators will probe the killing of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced in a nationwide address Wednesday night. ...more

January 3, 2008