‘Defiant’ Musharraf ready to take on Pak SC head-on if summoned
May 20th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): Accepting the challenge thrown at him by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has ... Read more...
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Gilani, Nawaz challenge Musharraf to appear in Supreme Court
May 19th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 19 (ANI): Joining hands against former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, both Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif have challenged the former ... Read more...
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Musharraf ‘poised’ for comeback to Pak politics
May 18th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is likely to announce his future political plans today (Tuesday, May 18) during a meeting with his supporters here, sources close ... Read more...
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Sindh High Court issues notices to Musharraf, Interior Ministry over May 2007 carnage
May 15th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, May 15 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to former President General Pervez Musharraf and the Interior Ministry on a petition seeking their nomination as respondents in ... Read more...
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Pak court directs police to confiscate ‘absconder’ Musharraf’s property
May 15th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Abbottabad, May 15 (ANI): A local court here while declaring former President General Pervez Musharraf an 'absconder' has directed authorities to confiscate his property.The District and Sessions Judge Abdul Mateen directed ... Read more...
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Kasuri’s ‘Kashmir issue near resolution claim’ nothing but ‘delusion’: Observers
May 11th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 11 (ANI): Rubbishing former foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri's claims that the Kashmir issue was about to be resolved during former President General Pervez Musharraf's, participants of a seminar ... Read more...
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I will contest next general elections, says ‘Facebook favourite’ Musharraf
May 8th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 8 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he will contest the country's next general elections even if mid-term polls are announced.Addressing members of his newly ... Read more...
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Zardari, Musharraf helped each other through secret deal: PML-Q
May 6th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, May 6 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's 'safe' exit and incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari's return to the country was part of a deal inked between both leaders, ... Read more...
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Musharraf, Malik, other top PPP leaders to be quizzed in Bhutto assassination case
May 4th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 4 (ANI): Former President General Pervez Musharraf, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Law Minister Babar Awan and other Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders would be quizzed in connection with the ... Read more...
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Karachi CID nabs US consulate bombing mastermind
April 29th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Apr.29 (ANI): Karachi police's Crime Investigation Department (CID) has claimed arresting a member of the banned terrorist outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen-al-Alami, who is said to be the mastermind of the failed suicide ... Read more...
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PPP to file murder case against Musharraf for Bhutto’s assassination
April 29th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Apr.29 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has said that it would file a murder case against former President General Pervez Musharraf on the basis of the UN commission's report ... Read more...
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People named in Bhutto murder probe report would definitely be brought to justice: Kaira
April 28th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.28 (ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said the report into the criminal investigation of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination would be ready by the next month, ... Read more...
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Now, Musharraf accused of selling properties ‘gifted’ by Indonesian Prez for ‘peanuts’
April 28th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.28 (ANI): A report prepared by the Pakistan Foreign Affairs Ministry has charged former President General Pervez Musharraf and his cronies of selling government owned non-movable properties in Jakarta at ... Read more...
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Pak Govt. decides to provide official protocol to Musharraf
April 27th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr 27(ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the government has decided not to withdraw the official protocol being provided to former President General Pervez Musharraf."Being a former ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s close aide, family flee to UAE to avoid quizzing in Bhutto assassination case
April 27th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.27 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's close aide Tariq Aziz has fled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with his family, to avoid being interrogated by a ... Read more...
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Petition filed in LHC for Musharraf’s high treason trial
April 24th, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr.24 (ANI): Yet another petition seeking registration of a high treason case against former President General Pervez Musharraf has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC).The petition filed by ... Read more...
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‘Hostile’ Musharraf never wanted Bhutto to return to Pak in 2007 for elections
April 24th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr.24 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf had a confrontation with slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto over the telephone days before she returned to the country in 2007, Bhutto's ... Read more...
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Musharraf to join ‘practical politics’ soon, says close aide
April 22nd, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.22 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is likely to join 'practical politics' soon as he is expected to be made the president of the newly floated All Pakistan ... Read more...
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Malik, Awan accused of direct involvement in Bhutto’s murder
April 22nd, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.22 (ANI): Slain Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's chief protocol officer Aslam Chaudhry's legal advisor, Asad Rajput, has blamed Interior Minister Rehman Malik and law and parliamentary affairs minister Babar ... Read more...
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Musharraf may be quizzed in Benazir murder case: Pak Presidential spokesman
April 21st, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.21 (ANI): Amidst the rising demand for former President General Pervez Musharraf's prosecution following the UN enquiry commission's report over former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s close aide, PPP information secretary hold ’secret’ meeting on UN report
April 20th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.20 (ANI): Former President General Pervez Musharraf's close aide Rashid Qureshi reportedly held a secret meeting with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab and discussed the UN enquiry ... Read more...
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Action against Musharraf in Benazir case after ‘concrete’ evidence is found: Malik
April 20th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.20 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that action against former President General Pervez Musharraf in the slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination case would be taken after ... Read more...
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Pak government contemplating action against Musharraf’s kin in Benazir murder case
April 20th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.20 (ANI): Following the UN commission's enquiry report over former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, the Pakistan government is contemplating action against some of former President General Pervez Musharraf's close ... Read more...
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UN report: ‘Unfazed’ Musharraf says he has got one ‘final’ bullet in pistol for defence
April 18th, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
Abu Dhabi, Apr.18 (ANI): Unfazed by the UN commission's inquiry report over former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, which directly indicts him and his regime for the crime, former Pakistan President ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s ‘crony’ ex-military intel chief ordered to wash crime scene: UN report
April 17th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.17 (ANI): The mystery surrounding former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination has started to unfold layer by layer with the UN commission's report.The crime scene in Rawalpindi's Liaquat ... Read more...
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UN report on Bhutto’s assassination ‘pack of lies’: Musharraf aide
April 16th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.16 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's close aide, Rashid Qureshi has described the UN commission's enquiry report on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination as a "pack of ... Read more...
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Musharraf plotted Benazir’s assassination: Talal Bugti
April 9th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.9 (ANI): Top Baloch leader and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Talal Bugti has blamed former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf for Benazir Bhutto's assassination, saying the autocratic ruler ... Read more...
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Govt. should reframe its Kashmir strategy: PoK PM
March 7th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Mar.7 (ANI): Criticising former President General Pervez Musharraf for damaging country's strategy regarding Kashmir, Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Prime Minister Raja Mohammed Farooq Hyder Khan has said the government should ... Read more...
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Drastic constitutional amendments on cards to make coups ‘cognizable’ offence: Pak minister
March 6th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.6 (ANI): Pakistan Law Minister Babar Awan has said that the parliamentary committee working on the constitutional reforms package is seeking to amend Article 6 of the Constitution, which would ... Read more...
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Benazir assassination case takes new turn as officials hunt for four ex-army men
March 4th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.4 (ANI): Investigations into the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have taken a new turn as Interior Ministry officials have revealed that they are looking for four ... Read more...
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No JuD, LeT, Taliban commanders in Pak FIA’s latest terror ‘red book’
March 4th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.4 (ANI): In what clearly reflects Pakistan's so called 'sincere' efforts against extremist outfits flourishing on its soil, a report of wanted militants, which has been prepared by the Federal ... Read more...
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UN commission probing Benazir assassination to submit report on March 31
February 27th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.27 (ANI): Head of the three member UN Commission probing the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Heraldo Munoz has said that the commission would submit its final ... Read more...
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Kashmiri militancy fathered in Pakistan: Musharraf
February 26th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.26 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has admitted that militancy in Kashmir was actually fathered in Pakistan way back in 1989 and the process of fanning insurgency in ... Read more...
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All political bigwigs issued prohibited arm licences during Musharraf’s regime
February 26th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.26 (ANI): Over 400 prohibited arms licenses were issued to political leaders, parliamentarians and bureaucrats including President Asif Zardari and the Sharif brothers (Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif) during former ... Read more...
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‘Exiled’ Musharraf eating out at high-class eateries, shopping at Harrods in London
February 17th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.17 (ANI): Pakistan may be facing number of issues, which are even threatening its very existence, but former President General Pervez Musharraf, who many believe is much to blame for ... Read more...
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