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19/01/2012 - Pakistan

Gilani case resumes 1 February after he defends Zardari immunity

A Pakistani judge has adjourned the Supreme Court case against Yousuf Raza Gilani until 1 February after the prime minister appeared on Thursday to defended himself against contempt charges.

01/10/2011 - Pakistan

Death sentence for Qadri over Taseer's murder

A Pakistan court has sentenced to death Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri for the murder of one of the country’s top liberal politicians earlier this year.

Musharraf arrest warrant, Philippines peace talks, and China, the pouncing tiger
19/02/2011 - Asia Pacific

Musharraf arrest warrant, Philippines peace talks, and China, the pouncing tiger

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf says he will not comply with a warrant for his arrest over alleged links to the murder of Benezir Bhutto; the Philippino government resumes peace talks ...

12/02/2011 - Pakistan

Musharraf dubs Bhutto arrest warrant ridiculous

Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has said he will not give himself up after an anti-terrorism court issued an arrest warrant over the assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir ...

01/10/2010 - Pakistan

Musharraf launches new Pakistani political party

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf launched a new political party in London on Friday.

21/06/2010 - Pakistan - interview with author Fatima Bhutto

Zardari a criminal, claims Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is corrupt and plotted his brother-in-law's death, claimed Fatima Bhutto, the niece of Zardari's late wife, Benazir Bhutto, in an interview on a visit to ...

Storytelling, politics and sex at the Shakespeare and Company festival
20/06/2010 - Focus on France

Storytelling, politics and sex at the Shakespeare and Company festival

Paris's Shakespeare and Company bookshop held a literary festival over the weekend. This year's theme was storytelling and politics.

28/04/2010 - Pakistan

Ex-President Musharraf to form party

Deposed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has applied to form his own political party, the All-Pakistan Muslim League.

16/04/2010 - Pakistan

Government failed to prevent Bhutto's murder, says UN report

Pakistani authorities could have prevented the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a United Nations commission has concluded, in a report that also accuses officials of later whitewashing the former prime minister's death.

A memorial ceremony for Benazir Bhutto in Lahore on 31 December, 2007
30/03/2010 - Pakistan

UN delays publishing Bhutto death report

The United Nations has delayed the release of a report into the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto at the request of Pakistan.

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