A top ruling party official on Saturday gave Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a two-day deadline to quit or face impeachment proceedings. Musharraf's allies insisted he was not stepping down and ...

Like a Shakespearean tragedy, the final chapter of General Pervez Musharraf’s reign began with an echo of the original sin of its first pages: the October 1999 coup by which he overthrew Nawaz Sharif, ...

“He may be an SOB,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt said about then Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza. “But he’s our SOB.” That lesser-evil outlook might just as easily have described the U.S.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pervez Musharraf always considered himself first and foremost a soldier, a onetime commando who believed he could shoot his way out of almost any fight. Not this time. But the ...

A Supreme Court hand-picked by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf swiftly dismissed legal challenges to his continued rule on Monday, opening the way for him to serve another five-year term - this time ...

Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf will stay on as head of the armed forces and this nation's president, the information minister said Wednesday, despite a previous promise that he would give up his ...

The U.S. has dropped $10 billion into Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf's lap -- much of it in cash. Allegedly, that's to fight the jihadists in his country and across his border. But, somehow, that ...

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected president and will be sworn in for a new term as a civilian, his lawyer told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Last November, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bipartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., brought together more than two dozen former high-level United States government ...

Chris Cuomo spoke with Pakistan's president for 45 minutes Nov. 30, 2007 — -- Below is the full transcript of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's interview on Friday, Nov. 30 with Chris Cuomo ...

I S L A M A B A D, Pakistan, June 20 -- Pakistan's military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharrafincreased his power today by suddenly dismissing thecountry's president and appointing himself as his replacement ...

(Updates with end of emergency rule) Nov 29 (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday a state of emergency he imposed on Nov. 3 would be lifted on Dec. 16. Musharraf was sworn ...