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, ...

A spokeswoman for the Pakistani Consulate in Dubai confirmed his death to The Associated Press. While his cause of death wasn't immediately clear, he was hospitalized last year in Dubai with an ...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency Saturday, citing growing militant attacks and interference in government policy by members of the judiciary. But far from a solution ...

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 ...

The latest declaration of martial law in Pakistan appears to perpetuate the same cycle of military rule interspersed by short spasms of ineffectual and corrupt democracy, a cycle that Pakistanis are ...

Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani army general who seized power in 1999 and ruled the Muslim-majority nation for nine tumultuous years as president before being forced from office, died Feb. 5 in Dubai, ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Musharraf announced today that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the American backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on ...

Osama bin Laden may not have the religious authority to issue a fatwa, but for some in Pakistan, his declaration of war against President Pervez Musharraf carries the same weight as a papal ...

He didn’t even set foot out of the airport. Nawaz Sharif, two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, had planned a triumphant return to his native soil nearly seven years after choosing exile over a life ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...