As Musharraf Enters Race, Judge Orders Political Foes Released
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 27 -- Pakistan's chief justice ordered the release of hundreds of jailed opposition activists Thursday, while President Pervez Musharraf formally jumped into the race for another term despite a candidacy that remains in legal limbo.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, battling a wave of Islamist violence, suffered another blow Friday when the Supreme Court gave a victory to his political nemesis, the country&#39;s top judge.
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Political opponents of Pakistan's military ruler President Pervez Musharraf have accused him of divulging state secrets in his controversial new memoirs.
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Officials said a decision on a date for elections would be announced Wednesday, as an opponent of President Pervez Musharraf called for him to resign immediately.
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Pervez Musharraf may have won this round over Nawaz Sharif. But the deportation of the former prime minister could mobilize the opposition and put the Pakistani president on another collision course with the judiciary.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf's summary deportation yesterday of a returning political rival is likely to galvanize the country's prodemocracy movement, but it also sharply heightens the danger that the Pakistani leader will use unrest as a pretext for declaring emergency rule or martial law, analysts said.
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Vote-counting began in Pakistan Monday after voters defied bombings and shootings to cast their ballots in elections that will decide the political fate of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf appointed a new military spy chief and made several other promotions on Friday, days after announcing his plan to step down as head of the army if re-elected president next month.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  will seek re-election on Oct 6., despite legal challenges in  the Supreme Court and slumping popularity, the Election  Commission announced on Thursday.
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Thousands of lawyers, journalists and opposition activists staged a sit-in protest in the Pakistani city of Lahore, demanding President Gen. Pervez Musharraf resign for suspending a popular Supreme Court judge and enacting restrictions on the media.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court begins debating if Gen Musharraf should be army chief while seeking re-election.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is fighting to maintain control of Pakistan in the face of rising Islamic militancy and a secular pro-democracy movement.
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Two-thirds of Pakistanis want President Pervez Musharraf to resign and his allies will fare badly in parliamentary elections next month, according to the first major poll published since he declared emergency rule.
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Initial reports appear to show Musharraf's opponents ahead but it's a nerve-wracking path before anything is official
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Voting begins in Pakistan in two by-elections which the  president's choice of prime minister must win.
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Nawaz Sharif's party joins the elections. But who benefits now that he, Bhutto and Musharraf maneuver for supremacy?
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Legal wrangling over President Gen. Pervez Musharraf 's re-election bid intensified Monday after exiled former leader Benazir Bhutto accused the general's allies of pushing Pakistan toward a dangerous crisis by refusing to restore democracy and share power.