Opposition slams Pakistan PM vote
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The appointment of a close ally of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as the country&#39;s new prime minister has been criticized as showing the &quot;rule of oppression.
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An international opinion poll of Pakistanis suggests widespread  opposition to President Musharraf.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's opponents headed for a big election victory on Tuesday after voters rejected his former ruling party, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Opposition leaders on Tuesday debated whether to call mass street protests in response to a government decision to delay parliamentary elections that had been due next week, but now will be put off until after Feb. 8.
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There has been a big protest in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi against the rule of the country&#39;s president, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's political opposition yesterday launched a legal challenge to the deportation of a prominent rival of President General Pervez Musharraf a day earlier, spearheading what was described as a broader campaign to topple the military leader.
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A Pakistani opposition alliance will field its jailed leader against a candidate backed by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in an election for a new prime minister, an opposition spokesman said Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan&#39;s Islamic and secular opposition parties lambasted President Pervez Musharraf yesterday for going back on his word to step down as army chief by the end of the year, calling it another blow to democracy.
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ISLAMABAD: Opposition groups on Saturday boycotted the parliament session, convened for the vote of confidence of the new Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lost his appeal against the rejection of his nomination for next month's parliamentary elections, an official said Tuesday, eliminating a key opposition leader from the crucial vote
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A leader of an alliance of Pakistani religious parties condemned on Friday an army assault on a radical mosque, which he described as the darkest chapter in the country's history, and called for protests.
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Benazir Bhutto's party challenged the Pakistani government's version of the opposition leader's assassination as fresh violence on Saturday stoked fears that January 8 elections could be put off.
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Malaysia&#39;s opposition criticised the government today after a global corruption index showed the country&#39;s ranking slipped despite the new prime minister&#39;s anti-graft drive.
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President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s loyalist Shaukat Aziz was elected as Pakistan&#39;s Prime Minister in a National Assembly vote boycotted by the opposition in protest of the speaker&#39; decision not to permit their jailed candidate Javed Hashmi to take part in the
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Several hundred Pakistan opposition activists gathered outside the Supreme Court on Friday to denounce President Pervez Musharraf's bid to win another term in an October 6 election.
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Former finance minister Shaukat Aziz has been elected as Pakistan&#39;s prime minister in a rubber-stamp parliamentary vote boycotted by the entire opposition.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf came under fire Wednesday for the expulsion of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with newspapers dismissing the government's claim that he returned willingly to exile