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Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association adopts annual remembrance days (JURIST)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:35:00 GMT

[JURIST] The Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association has adopted two annual days of remembrance to highlight the plight of judges deposed following the declaration of emergency by President Pervez Musharraf in November 2007. The Bar Association will observe Independence of Judiciary Day every year on July 20, and Black Day on November 3 of every year. Among the deposed judges are a number...

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[khabor.com] When Spies Don’t Play Well With Their Allies (Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:42:00 GMT

When Spies Don't Play Well With Their Allies MASTER SPY Pakistan's new army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, (with Pervez Musharraf, left) used to run the I.S.I. WASHINGTON — As they complete their training at "The Farm," the Central Intelligence Agency 's base in the Virginia tidewater, young agency recruits are taught a lesson they are expected never to forget during assignments overseas:...

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‘Pervez may sack (dismiss PPP) govt by mid-Aug’ (Indus Asia Online Journal)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:12:57 GMT

By Shafqat Ali Courtesy and Thanks: The Asia Age Islamabad July 18: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is seriously thinking of sacking the PPP-led government by mid-August, official sources said. “The President is not happy with the government and is seriously thinking to wrap up the PPP-led set-up,” a senior official at the Presidency told this newspaper. The close aide [...]

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Pakistan lawyers set Aug 14 deadline for restoring judges (Thaindian News)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:58:36 GMT

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Pakistan’s agitating lawyers Saturday laid down a new Aug 14 deadline for restoring the Supreme Court judges President Pervez Musharraf had sacked after imposing an emergency last November, warning the coalition government of a civil disobedience movement if it did not fulfil the demand. “We have decided to start [...]

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Lashkar: Musharraf has murdered 'Kashmir cause' (Times of India)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:45:19 GMT

Chief of the dreaded Laskar-e-Toiba, Hafiz Saeed, has blamed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for creating a vertical split in Hurriyat and other separatists.

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Poll shows 83 percent of Pakistanis want Musharraf out (OTB News)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:01:10 GMT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Eighty-three percent of Pakistanis want President Pervez Musharraf to be removed and judges he sacked restored, according to a survey released by the U.S.-based International Republican Institute on Thursday.

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Stephen Payne Worked For Pakistan After Sept. 11 (NaiTazi.com)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:33:44 GMT

Source: TPM Muckraker It was just one month after the attacks of September 11, 2001. U.S. forces were poised to invade Afghanistan in just a few weeks. Gen. Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan was getting a lot of pressure from the White House to cooperate with the newly declared War on Terror. And he wanted a few favors [...]

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Poll shows 83 percent of Pakistanis want Musharraf out (Reuters)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:05:07 GMT

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Report: Musharraf ouster effort seen (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:07:00 GMT

A leader of Pakistan's coalition reportedly plans a Washington visit to win support to remove Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.Asif Ali Zardari of the coalition's main Pakistan People's Party also wants former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of other coalition party, to accompany him on the U.S. trip, Pakistan's The News reported Thursday.Quoting sources, the report...

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Musharraf call to dispel western notion that madarassas breed extremism (Thaindian News)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:58 GMT

Islamabad , July 17 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that there was an urgent need to dispel the western notion that Islamic educational institutions bred extremists and terrorists. Musharraf said that the institutions of higher education were best placed to promote a critical dialogue within the Muslim world and that they could create [...]

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Musharraf loses credibility, says Obama, Obama to go into Pakistan, Barack Obama, Barack Obama News, World News

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:48:12 GMT

Check out Latest Interntional News Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Wednesday said that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has lost credibility and the United States should build a stronger relationship with the new government in Islamabad.

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Miandad wants entire PCB sacked (Timpu)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:50:35 GMT

Lahore: Former Pakistan captain and coach, Javed Miandad has urged President Pervez Musharraf to sack the entire hierarchy of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to save the country from further embarrassment. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Miandad wants change in the PCB (Cricinfo)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:03:58 GMT

Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain and coach, has urged his county's president, Pervez Musharraf, to take strong action against the Pakistan Cricket Board, now with the Mohammad Asif drugs scandal causing further embarrassment to Pakistan cricket.

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Karzai Must Remember Pakistan’s Past Role: Musharraf (Pakistan News)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:17:55 GMT

RAWALPINDI: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that instead of accusing Pakistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai must remember the role played by its neighbor in maintaining peace and rehabilitation of Afghanistan after U.S attack in 2001. Talking to former president Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari the President said, public are not contented with the performance of new [...]

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Stephen Payne Worked For Pakistan After Sept. 11 (TPMmuckraker)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:00:02 GMT

It was just one month after the attacks of September 11, 2001. U.S. forces were poised to invade Afghanistan in just a few weeks. Gen. Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan was getting a lot of pressure from the White House to...

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Pakistan nuke scientist wants Musharraf to testify (OTB News)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:30:52 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A lawyer for Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear scientist said Monday he wants President Pervez Musharraf to appear before a court hearing a petition to end his client’s four-year detention for nuclear proliferation….

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Pakistan nuke scientist wants Musharraf to testify (Seattle Times)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:15:49 GMT

A lawyer for Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist said Monday he wants President Pervez Musharraf to appear before a court hearing a petition to end his client's four-year detention for nuclear proliferation.

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Truce efforts between Musharraf, Nawaz camps (Sify)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:52:50 GMT

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may have said that he would never talk to President Pervez Musharraf, but efforts are now underway for a possible meeting between their emissaries as part of "national reconciliation" by the Presidency.

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ISI more loyal to extremists than Pakistan Govt, says report (Indian Express)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:48:02 GMT

The Bush administration has shored up President Pervez Musharraf "for far too long", an American daily on Friday...

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Pakistan lawyers protest senior ruling party stance on deposed judges (JURIST)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:04:00 GMT

[JURIST] Members of the Pakistan lawyers' movement rallied Thursday against the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for failing to reinstate judges deposed after the declaration of emergency by President Pervez Musharraf in November 2007. Among the deposed judges are a number of justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, including former Chief Justice...

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