Pervez Musharraf

As slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest Friday in her ancestral village, the government of President Pervez Musharraf blamed her assassination on a Taliban commander and said other politicians also were under threat. The government...

IN RETURN FOR cooperation in the war on terror since 9/11, the United States has provided Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, with billions of dollars in aid and almost total support in his quest to remain president — until recently....

WASHINGTON -- For months, the Bush administration's hopes for stability in Pakistan rested on the rising influence of Benazir Bhutto. Her death Thursday shattered those hopes and threatened to paralyze U.S. priorities there: fighting terrorism, ensuring...

Today, Curtis and Katulis discuss Pakistan's upcoming elections. Yesterday, they debated whether fighting terrorism is worth giving U.S. foreign aid to an undemocratic regime. Later in the week, they'll discuss Benazir Bhutto, how losing Pakistan's...

It may have been a single assassin who killed former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but if so, he could have been working with any number of Islamic extremist groups, U.S. intelligence officials and South Asia analysts said Thursday. Bhutto...

Today, Curtis and Katulis discuss Pakistan's upcoming elections. Previously, they debated giving U.S. foreign aid to an undemocratic regime and the prospects for a legitimate election in Pakistan . Later in the week, they'll discuss Benazir Bhutto, how...

Power has been draining away from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for more than a year. His party suffered a stunning electoral defeat in February that accelerated his isolation. Had he departed peacefully when his constitutional term expired in...

The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story of the Man Who Sold the World's Most Dangerous Secrets -- and How We Could Have Stopped Him By Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins Twelve, 413 pages, $25 Abdul Qadeer Khan, best known as the father of the Islamic...

GRAND RAPIDS - Pervez Musharraf will be the keynote speaker the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan's 59th Anniversary Dinner. Musharraf held the position in Pakistan for 9 years before stepping down in August. Tonights speech at in the...

KARACHI, Pakistan-- With tears, prayers and candlelight vigils, Pakistanis today marked the first anniversary of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, a killing that stunned the world and came to symbolize the rising Islamic militancy gripping her homeland....

by Matthew Hay Brown Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, in Pakistan Monday to meet with president Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, says the divided government in Islamabad seems to have come together on the need to crack down......

President Bush with Prime Minister Gillani, June 28, 2008. (Alex Wong/Getty Images.) by Frank James President Bush and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani met today at the White House and made brief statements to reporters on the White......