Pakistan's government Sunday executed a nationwide crackdown on the political opposition, the news media and the courts, one day after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the constitution in a bid to save his job. ...more

November 5, 2007

Why is Pakistan important to the United States? Osama bin Laden may be hiding there. Intelligence experts say a resurgent al-Qaida and Taliban run training camps in tribal territories along the Afghan border. Their strategists operate openly in Pakistani cities. Also, the country possesses what the West most fears terrorists might obtain: nuclear weapons. ...more

November 4, 2007

For more than five months, the United States has been trying to orchestrate a political transition in Pakistan that would manage to somehow keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf in power without making a mockery of President Bush's promotion of democracy in the Muslim world. ...more

November 4, 2007

GEN. PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, 64, president: He seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999, overthrowing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Branded a pariah, he gained international acceptance by backing the U.S. war on terror after the Sept. 11 attacks. He allowed U.S. troops to use military bases in ousting the Taliban in Afghanistan. A moderate, he has campaigned against Islamic extremists and survived at least three assassination attempts. He has remained army chief while president, reneging on a promise to give up his military role. ...more

November 4, 2007

Sam Rashid is a naturalized American born in Pakistan. He is a Brandon businessman and political activist. He left Pakistan at age 9 and has been in the United States for 25 years. Up until a couple of years ago, he visited his homeland nearly every year. ...more

November 4, 2007

Pakistani forces fought pitched battles with insurgents Thursday in the scenic northwestern Swat Valley, leaving dozens dead. The violence came on a day when the Supreme Court indicated that President Pervez Musharraf's election to a new term will remain in legal limbo for at least two more weeks. ...more

November 2, 2007

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto abruptly canceled plans to travel abroad Wednesday, saying she had heard rumors the government could impose a state of emergency during her absence. ...more

November 1, 2007

Islamic militants reportedly captured and beheaded three militiamen and a police officer Friday while government troops and helicopter gunships attacked the nearby stronghold of a radical cleric in northwestern Pakistan. ...more

October 27, 2007

Authorities sifting through clues in the devastating bombing of Benazir Bhutto's homecoming procession here questioned three men Saturday, a source close to the investigation said. ...more

October 21, 2007

Two powerful bombs detonated next to a truck carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto late Thursday, just hours after she returned from exile to a triumphal homecoming. More than 120 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in one of Pakistan's worst episodes of political violence. ...more

October 19, 2007