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Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf flees court after arrest ordered
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An Islamabad court Thursday ordered the arrest of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of illegally detaining dozens of judges while in power, but he slipped away when commandos assigned to protect the ex-leader...Tags: Human Rights, Lawyers, Judges, Justice System, Police Arrests
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Dozens reported killed in Pakistan after massive Iran quake
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Dozens of people were reportedly killed in Pakistan after a massive earthquake struck a remote border area of neighboring Iran on Tuesday. Yet in Iran, officials said the disaster was far less devastating than originally feared,...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Pakistan, Human Interest, Emily Alpert, News Agency
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Pakistani court disqualifies Musharraf from parliament elections
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani court on Tuesday barred former President Pervez Musharraf from running in next month’s parliament elections, derailing the onetime general’s bid for an unlikely political comeback in the country he ruled...
Tags: Pakistan, Karachi (Pakistan), Elections, Political Corruption, Pervez Musharraf
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Musharraf tells supporters he has returned to save Pakistan
Los Angeles TimesKARACHI, Pakistan — As former military ruler Pervez Musharraf stepped off the plane at Karachi’s international airport Sunday, he returned to a very different nation from the one he was forced to leave in 2008 — one that has no...Tags: Karachi (Pakistan), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Government, Assassinations, Nawaz Sharif
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U.N. investigator: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— A top U.N. investigator has criticized Washington’s drone missile campaign against Islamic militants in Pakistan as a violation of the South Asian nation’s sovereignty, a stance that echoes Islamabad’s public...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Weaponry, Human Rights, Barack Obama
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Pakistan, Iran launch controversial gas pipeline project
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Work formally began Monday on a controversial pipeline that would feed energy-starved Pakistan natural gas from Iran, a project that has drawn stern warnings from the U.S. of possible sanctions against Islamabad if the South Asian...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Iran's Nuclear Program, Tehran (Iran), U.S. Department of State, Energy Resources
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Attack on Pakistani Shiites kills at least 30
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when either one or two bombs exploded in a Shiite-majority neighborhood of Karachi, local officials said. Initial reports said that two blasts had detonated near a...Tags: Pakistan, Karachi (Pakistan), Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Injuries and Wounds
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Police officer latest victim of anti-vaccination violence in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Gunmen shot and killed a police officer assigned to safeguard a polio vaccination team in the northwest city of Mardan on Tuesday, the latest in a pattern of attacks that have jeopardized efforts to rein in the disease in the...Tags: Polio, Disease Prevention, Pakistan, Shootings, Vaccines
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Pakistan militants kill 5 in attack on tribal official's compound
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Militants disguised as policemen stormed the compound of a top tribal region official in the northwest city of Peshawar on Monday and killed five police officers, the latest outbreak of violence to rattle the country as its civilian...
Tags: Karachi (Pakistan), Emergency Incidents, National Government, Executive Branch, Pakistan
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US starts using Pakistan route for Afghan pullout
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan as it draws down its troops in the country, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Monday. The U.S. moved 50 shipping...
Tags: Pakistan, U.S. Military, Armed Forces, Martin Dempsey, Afghanistan
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Militants attack Pakistani army camp, kill 23
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifles and suicide explosive vests launched a predawn raid on a Pakistani army camp in the country’s volatile northwest Saturday, killing 23 people and injuring at...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Suicide, Armed Conflicts
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Pakistan's progression
Proving its doomsayers wrong is among Pakistan's many overlooked strengths. Mr. Joel Brinkley, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, with his article, “Pakistan coming apart at the seams,” (Jan. 22, ChicagoTribune.com) joins the list of the...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Pakistan, Media Industry, Human Rights, Labor Markets
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