Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf, under mounting pressure to resign, called on Thursday for reconciliation to tackle economic problems and Islamist militancy.
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Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is expected to resign rather than face impeachment by parliament, Western media reported.
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Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will resign rather than face impeachment by parliament, the Financial Times said on its Web site, citing government officials and a member of his circle.
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A senior Taliban leader was believed to have been killed on Thursday in a military operation in northwestern Pakistan’s tribal region, local TV reported. The Taliban commdander Maulvi Faqir may have been killed by security forces in the operation in Damadolla area of Bajaur tribal agency, private Geo TV said. Maulvi Faqir is said to be the No. 2 figure in Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or …
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As the drive to impeach Musharraf gains momentum, Pakistan’s leader is expected to step down and leave on his own terms rather than face humiliation. Indications grew stronger Thursday that President Pervez Musharraf, whose allegiance has been a linchpin of the U.S. fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, will be pushed into resigning in the next few days rather than face a humiliating …
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Leaders of Pakistan’s coalition government on Thursday rejected President Pervez Musharraf’s Independence Day appeal for reconciliation and vowed to impeach the former general if he fails to quit.
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WASHINGTON: Russia should be stripped of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics for sending its troops into neighboring Georgia, two US lawmakers said Thursday in announcing a planned bill to put before Congress. Representatives Allyson Schwartz and Bill Shuster, both of Pennsylvania, will ask that Congress push the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pull the Winter Games from Russia and designate a new host city for the event. “Russia’’s blatant violation of the long-respected ”Olympic truce” should be enough for the IOC to join with us in choosing a more worthy venue,” Shuster said. “Russia’’s belligerence against the people of Georgia and their democratically elected government cannot go unpunished.” The planned resolution called for the IOC to “move immediately to designate a new host city for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.” “The failure of the government of the Russian Federation to respect the sovereignty and territorial borders of its neighbors has rendered the country an unacceptable host for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.” Schwartz’’s spokeswoman Rachel Magnuson told media that the legislation would not be introduced to the full Congress until the first week of September, when lawmakers return from summer recess.
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Not long ago, visitors from far and wide flocked to the sumptuous Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan. But these days, Swat — once seen as the ‘Switzerland of Asia’ — stands on the front line of a conflict between the Taliban and the Pakistani government’s security forces.
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Pakistan Muslim League (N) PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif on Thursday (Aug 14) said in categorical terms that he was not ready to give any safe exit to President Pervez Musharraf.
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SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Pakistan’s government hasn’t requested financing from the International Monetary Fund and isn’t expected to do so, despite a steep decline in the country’s foreign exchange reserves, a top IMF official said Friday.
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