NEWS TOPIC: Musharraf Pakistani coalition parties seek Musharraf’s impeachment The calls for impeachment stem from Musharraf’s conduct last November when, following his re-election, he dismissed around 60 members of Pakistan’s judiciary, and suspended the country’s constitution for nearly two months. Under the 1973 constitution impeachment of an incumbent President is only permissible under a certain number of scenarios. Specifically these include gross misconduct, physical or mental impairment or by acting in a way deemed to have violated the constitution itself. The Pakistani Parliament’s attempt for impeachment will almost certainly rest on this (constitutional violat...continue reading more
Zardari wants to take Nawaz along to US to convince it to remove Musharraf 17.Jul 2008 After the recent missives from PML-N leader Nawaz Shar...read
For PML-N, judges' restoration issue more important than Musharraf's impeachment 10.Jul 2008 The impeachment of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf...read
PPP wants honourable exit for Musharraf: Zardari 6.Jul 2008 The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) wants to ensure an ho...read
Musharraf, army not involved in nuke proliferation,' says official 6.Jul 2008 Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Director General Lt. ...read
Musharraf vows to pull Pakistan out of its present crises 6.Jul 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to pull ...read
Musharraf avers Army won't ever leave him in the lurch 5.Jul 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that even...read
Musharraf won't step down saying he still has a role to play in Pak politics 5.Jul 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has once again sai...read
US Congressman calls Musharraf a "terrible leader" 5.Jul 2008 US Congressman Gary Ackerman who returned home after ...read
Musharraf still uses his military secrets to stay alive in politics 5.Jul 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he w...read
Pak govt to continue Musharraf's madrassa reform policy 3.Jul 2008 The PPP-led coalition government in Pakistan has sai...read
"Zardari wants Musharraf to continue, as his removal 'may lead to chaos'" 2.Jul 2008 A Pakistani journalist has said that it was not the US ...read
Boucher tells Nawaz to lay off Musharraf 2.Jul 2008 PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif should avoid pressing for rem...read
Musharraf's cobbler-friend in Old Delhi wants to meet him 2.Jul 2008 A cobbler based in Old Delhi claims that he is a childh...read
Musharraf concerned over Pak govt's handling of prevailing situation 1.Jul 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly e...read
Musharraf warns US delegation against recurrence of June 11 NATO strike 1.Jul 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly t...read
Musharraf may soon address Pak parliament 1.Jul 2008 Amid media reports that the PPP had made up its mind...read
Musharraf rules out imposing martial law in Pakistan 30.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Monday rule...read
US' accommodation of Musharraf, Iraq focus fuelled Qaeda growth in Pak: NYT 30.Jun 2008 After the 9/11 air attacks on the US, the Al Qaeda h...read
Musharraf toeing US line to break Pakistan by 2015: A Q Khan 26.Jun 2008 Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qa...read
Governance in Pak hit lowest ebb during Musharraf's regime: WB report 25.Jun 2008 A latest World Bank report has revealed that by the en...read
Musharraf's mother was always worried about his future! 23.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has revealed that ...read
Rice says Nov 3 emergency was one of the mistakes Musharraf made 23.Jun 2008 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said th...read
Musharraf says Pak parliament free to impeach him 21.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that t...read
Pak parties threaten civil unrest to push for judges' return, Musharraf's removal 20.Jun 2008 If the PPP-led coalition government did not accept ...read
Shaukat Aziz fears for his life if he returns to Pak, says Musharraf 19.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has claimed tha...read
US will continue to deal with Pak's 'head of the state' Musharraf 19.Jun 2008 US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Donald ...read
Zardari, Nawaz fail to arrive at consensus on Musharraf's removal, judges' restoration 19.Jun 2008 The difference of opinion between PPP Co-chairman Asif...read
Musharraf says won't resign, upto Parliament to impeach him 19.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he will n...read
Zardari will not let Nawaz steal Benazir's Musharraf thunder 18.Jun 2008 It was only former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto who...read
On lawyers' demand, Musharraf's portrait removed from Punjab Governor House 18.Jun 2008 On the demand of lawyers, a portrait of Pakistan Presi...read
Zardari says he never accepted Musharraf as a constitutional president 17.Jun 2008 PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari has said that his party n...read
Nawaz pressurises PPP to impeach Musharraf, Zardari still for 'safe passage' 16.Jun 2008 MNAs belonging to the PML-N have reportedly mounted...read
Sharif gains as Musharraf comes under pressure after long march 15.Jun 2008 The historic long march not only put tremendous pre...read
Sharif now wants trial of Musharraf instead of impeachment 14.Jun 2008 Former premier Nawaz Sharif today said that Pakista...read
Musharraf a shattered vehicle with only radio working, says Aitzaz 14.Jun 2008 Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) presi...read
Former Pak Army Chief wants Musharraf to leave presidency 14.Jun 2008 Former Pakistan Army Chief General (retired) Mirza...read
Zardari acting like a slave to Musharraf, says Imran 13.Jun 2008 Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has ...read
Nawaz says Musharraf's days are "numbered" 13.Jun 2008 PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif ...read
GEO TV offers Musharraf-focusing programmes to get Dubai ban lifted 13.Jun 2008 A private TV network in Pakistan has reportedly approac...read
PM asks Musharraf to fulfill "constitutional requirement" by addressing Parliament 11.Jun 2008 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has repo...read
Sherry Rehman dubs Musharraf as a "reality and a compulsion" 11.Jun 2008 Senior PPP leader and Pakistan Information Minister...read
"Zardari to decide on Musharraf's impeachment" 10.Jun 2008 Pakistan Law Minister Farooq Naik has said that PPP...read
PPP not pushing him out, but Musharraf should show statesmanship: Haqqani 9.Jun 2008 Though the people of Pakistan had 'repudiated' Pres...read
Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif rules out working with unconstitutional Prez Musharraf 9.Jun 2008 After being sworn-in as the Punjab Chief Minister, Shah...read
PPP doesn't acknowledge Musharraf as a constitutional president, says Zardari 9.Jun 2008 PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he his p...read
Musharraf aides ask A Q Khan to avoid speaking against him 8.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's close aides ha...read
Musharraf to be impeached if he does not resigns: Zardari 8.Jun 2008 Pakistan People's Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari ha...read
Musharraf rules out resignation 7.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said...read
PML-N will keep working relationship with Musharraf 7.Jun 2008 PML-N president and brother of former Pakistan premier ...read
Demand for Musharraf's impeachment 'unrealistic', says Pak Defence Minister 6.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Musharraf is an elected president...read
PM Gilani and not Prez Musharraf to visit Turkey 6.Jun 2008 Though Pakistan's foreign office has maintained a silen...read
Musharraf hasn't even packed his golf bag on the way to his 'retirement' 6.Jun 2008 Vehemently denying the rumours that Pakistan Preside...read
Civil society calls for Musharraf to be tried for treason rising 5.Jun 2008 The demand for trying President Parvez Musharraf for...read
Women MNAs slug it out over Musharraf in National Assembly 4.Jun 2008 Female MNAs from the PML-N and the PML-Q indulged in...read
Journalists flay Musharraf for targeting Pak media 4.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf came under fire from ...read
"Kiyani's allegations against Musharraf childish" 4.Jun 2008 Presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi has termed th...read
"Brave Musharraf can handle pressure from political parties" 4.Jun 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would not resign be...read
PPP package may empower Musharraf to 'indemnify any act' rather than weaken him: Expert 4.Jun 2008 Amid rumours that the PPP's draft constitutional pac...read
Musharraf contacting 'likeminded politicians' to escape impeachment 3.Jun 2008 Amid rumours that the PPP-led federal government in ...read
PPP's Musharraf policy unchanged despite Bush's backing, says Defence Minister 2.Jun 2008 The Pakistani Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar s...read
Fear of cases being reopened behind Zardari's reluctance to impeach Musharraf 2.Jun 2008 Because of his apprehensions that the NRO issue woul...read
PPP's draft constitutional package seeks to undo most of Musharraf's pre-Nov 3 moves 2.Jun 2008 Pakistan Law Minister Farooq H Naek last evening pre...read
`King's Party' decides to counter anti-Musharraf campaign 1.Jun 2008 The Pakistan Muslim League-Quami, also known as the "K...read
"Pak Army still considers Musharraf as country's legal Prez" 31.May 2008 Sources in Pakistan Army have claimed that the country'...read
Dr AQ Khan says he admitted selling N-tech under Musharraf's pressure 31.May 2008 Pakistan's father of nuclear programme Dr AQ Khan is lea...read
Musharraf refutes reports about his resignation 31.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has refuted press r...read
Nawaz not to support PPP if Musharraf not impeached 31.May 2008 PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif h...read
Bush still backs beleaguered buddy Musharraf 31.May 2008 Amid reports that President Pervez Musharraf is pan...read
Special plane arrives at Chaklala: Musharraf maybe on his way out 30.May 2008 Is Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and his famil...read
Pak Senate Chairman's early return fuels rumours about Musharraf's resignation 30.May 2008 Even as speculations about Pakistan President Pervez...read
US Security Adviser Hadley pledges support to Musharraf 30.May 2008 US President's National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley...read
Gilani says PPP, govt. to decide Musharraf's fate 30.May 2008 Amid reports that Pakistan President Pervez Musharra...read
No individual has authority to impeach Musharraf 29.May 2008 Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister She...read
Pak lawyers to rock on June 10 Islamabad to force Musharraf to step down 29.May 2008 Pakistani lawyers have decided to organize a long-march...read
"Musharraf may announce decision to quit very soon after ensuring his safety" 29.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is learnt to hav...read
No consensus over Musharraf's impeachment yet: Sherry Rehman 29.May 2008 Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry...read
Zardari agrees to remove Musharraf: Sharif 28.May 2008 Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif today said ...read
Musharraf should quit Presidency after people's verdict: Sharif 28.May 2008 Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif today sa...read
Amnesty lambastes Bush's hollowness for overlooking Musharraf's HR violations 28.May 2008 International human rights organization Amnesty Interna...read
Nawaz, Zardari decide to clip Musharraf's powers, but no headway on judges' issue 28.May 2008 The estranged coalition partners the PPP and the PML...read
Musharraf urges US to give some time to Swat peace deal to work 28.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly ...read
Pak PM likes Musharraf's support for democracy 27.May 2008 Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani today said what he ...read
Nawaz alleges Musharraf conspiring to keep him out of NA 27.May 2008 Based on a recorded telephonic conversation purportedly...read
Musharraf summons Budget session on June 2 26.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has summoned the...read
Zardari favours Musharraf's resignation 26.May 2008 Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Z...read
Negroponte coming to Pakistan with no message for Musharraf 26.May 2008 The United States Embassy has denied media reports s...read
Pakistani Taliban to sue Musharraf 26.May 2008 The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said that it ...read
Close Pakistan-US strategic ties important for peace and stability: Musharraf 26.May 2008 President Pervez Musharraf has said that close Pakis...read
Those who bowed to Musharraf will be punished: Chaudhry 26.May 2008 Deposed Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Cha...read
Gilani says reforms package not aimed at instigating a clash with Musharraf 26.May 2008 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the...read
Zardari says PPP has a working relationship with Musharraf 26.May 2008 Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Z...read
PML-Q assures support to Musharraf 25.May 2008 The Pakistan Muslim League Qaid-e-Azam leadership ha...read
PML-N seeks impeachment of Musharraf 25.May 2008 On May 24, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ...read
Musharraf may have to quit by June 10 25.May 2008 Despite Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's determ...read
Why Zardari decided to lock horns with Musharraf 24.May 2008 Ever since the new democratic government led by the PP...read
Ex-Pak generals believe Gen Kayani won't bow to Musharraf's dictates 24.May 2008 Amid speculations that in the wake of his confrontat...read
Comments on Musharraf being a "relic of the past" were not outburst: Zardari 24.May 2008 Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zard...read
Musharraf's family are ardent Barak Obama fans 24.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been one of t...read
Musharraf says he is a constitutional Prez and will continue to be so 24.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he...read
PPP's 62-point plan to cut Musharraf powers, amend constitution 23.May 2008 Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari...read
Unhappy Musharraf to grill Gilani over deteriorating economic, political situation 23.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has decided to s...read
"Zardari, Musharraf two sides of the same coin" 23.May 2008 Pakistan's cricket-turned-politician Imran Khan has d...read
Musharraf says would resign if wings clipped 23.May 2008 Amid reports of tensions brewing up between the Preside...read
Musharraf ready to counter PPP moves to clip his wings 22.May 2008 Following media reports that the PPP-led coalition g...read
Musharraf says he has no plans to resign 22.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is learnt to hav...read
Musharraf says Pakistan committed to peace process with India 21.May 2008 President Pervez Musharraf today said that Pakistan ...read
Pranab Mukherjee meets Musharraf (Lead:Pranab meets Musharraf) 21.May 2008 Visiting Indian External Affairs...read
PML-Q to toe Musharraf's line while supporting PPP's proposed package 21.May 2008 Despite reports of the PML-Q turning away from Pakis...read
PPP's proposed constitutional package may save Musharraf from impeachment 21.May 2008 Sources in Pakistan's Law Ministry have reportedly d...read
Pranab Mukherjee to meet Musharraf today 21.May 2008 Visiting Indian External Affairs...read
Musharraf must not be equated with Pak, nor Pak with him: Nawaz 20.May 2008 Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has sai...read
Musharraf's nod can assure 2/3rd Parliamentary majority to Zardari sans Nawaz 20.May 2008 The PPP-led coalition government in Islamabad sans t...read
"Resolution for reinstating pro-Musharraf judges being drafted" 20.May 2008 Top officials in the Pakistan Prime Minister Office are...read
Ex-Army pals plan sit-in dharna to force Musharraf to vacate Army House 20.May 2008 Former top Pakistani army generals who were once clo...read
Musharraf-Zardari quid pro quo behind estrangement with Sharif: Imran 19.May 2008 Former Pakistan cricket captain and Tehrik-e-Insaf c...read
"Musharraf will say goodbye at the right time" 19.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's Press Secreta...read
Pak Parties not to become hostage to Musharraf: Gilani 18.May 2008 Refuting the speculations that President Pervez Mush...read
US and UK pushing PPP to make deal with Musharraf': Guardian 18.May 2008 The brewing disturbances in Pakistan People's Party...read
Islamabad Bar says Zardari-Musharraf nexus obstructing restoration of judges 17.May 2008 PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is impeding the rei...read
New Musharraf-Zardari formula could see 2/3 majority sans Nawaz 17.May 2008 After the PML-N walked out of the ruling coalition g...read
Musharraf's business honcho pal comes in Sharif's line of fire 15.May 2008 A common friend of Pakistan President Pervez Musharr...read
"If reinstated, Iftikhar will declare Musharraf's re-election illegal" 14.May 2008 Pakistan's deposed chief justice Iftikhar Choudhry ...read
Americans have once again helped old time ally Musharraf to stay in power 12.May 2008 Amid continuance of the complex issue of judges rest...read
Gilani denies PPP's back-channel contacts with Musharraf 12.May 2008 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said ...read
Pak fashion model admits she and Musharraf "old friends" 11.May 2008 Pakistani beauty queen and fashion model, Maria Mateen, ...read
Musharraf not to meet Chaudhrys in future 10.May 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Mushrraf has reportedly decide...read
Zardari says Musharraf's impeachment may harm economy 10.May 2008 PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that while the...read
PML-Q leaders want Ch Shujaat to sever ties with Musharraf to save party's image 10.May 2008 At a meeting between PML-Q parliamentarians and their pa...read
"In 'close contact' with Zardari, Washington distancing from Musharraf" 8.May 2008 US Deputy Secretary of State, John D Negroponte has ...read
Musharraf's impeachment out of question: Shujaat 7.May 2008 PML-Q president and former Pakistan premier Shujaat Huss...read
Musharraf may block restoration of deposed judges 2.May 2008 There is a possibility that Pakistan President Pervez...read
Musharraf promises full co-operation and support to Gilani 30.Apr 2008 In his first official meeting with Prime Minister S...read
Pak Defence Minister says Musharraf still "politically relevant" 29.Apr 2008 Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has sa...read
Musharraf may resign if Zardari and Sharif clip his powers 28.Apr 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf might resign if ...read
FATA unit of PML-N condemns EU for supporting Prez Musharraf's tenure 28.Apr 2008 The FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) unit o...read
Gilani has no problem with President Musharraf 28.Apr 2008 Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has ...read
Musharraf's pics, messages being torn away from govt textbooks in Lahore 25.Apr 2008 On orders from their senior officials, a group of super...read
US says it won't not interfere in Musharraf's impeachment, judges' restoration 25.Apr 2008 The US has said that it would not meddle into Pakistan'...read
EU foreign policy chief says Musharraf to continue as President till retirement 23.Apr 2008 European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana ha...read
Blind US support to Musharraf unacceptable, say experts 23.Apr 2008 Extending blind U.S. support to Pakistan President ...read
Salahuddin slams Musharraf over concessions to India on Kashmir(Lead:Salahuddin) 22.Apr 2008 Leaders of militant groups based in Pakistan hav...read
Salahuddin slams Musharraf over concessions to India on Kashmir 22.Apr 2008 Leaders of militant groups fighting against India...read
Only Pakistan forces have right to operate within national territory: Musharraf 21.Apr 2008 President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Islamabad...read
No postponement of Sarabjit's hanging: Musharraf's spokesman 19.Apr 2008 A spokesperson of Pakistan President Pervez Musharra...read
New Pak plan may leave Musharraf no option but to "bow out without facing impeachment" 19.Apr 2008 The new regime in Pakistan is learnt to devised its str...read
Miss Pakistan "loves Musharraf, loves Musharraf, loves Musharraf" 18.Apr 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf might have been pus...read
Pak civil society strives for Musharraf's ouster: Asma Jehangir 17.Apr 2008 Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chairperson Asma Je...read
Musharraf arrives to flag off Olympic torch relay 16.Apr 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrived at the S...read
Pak PM calls upon Musharraf to address Parliament 16.Apr 2008 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is learnt...read
Zardari, Nawaz may discuss Musharraf's impeachment today 15.Apr 2008 PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Na...read
Pakistani Sikhs refuse to register marriages under Act approved by Musharraf 15.Apr 2008 No Sikh marriage has been solemnized so far in Pakistan...read
Musharraf for China-Gulf oil and gas pipelines passing through Pakistan 15.Apr 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he w...read
Musharraf slams West's attempts to undermine Beijing Olympics over Tibet, HR issues 14.Apr 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly con...read
Many 'king's party' MPs want to come out Musharraf's shadow for political legitimacy 14.Apr 2008 The recent unsuccessful bid by Pakistan President Pe...read
PML-N ministers not to meet, travel with Musharraf 14.Apr 2008 Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party ...read
PML-N not ready to build working relationship with Musharraf, says Ch Nisar 12.Apr 2008 A senior PML-N leader has said that his party was not r...read
PML-N not ready to build working relationship with Musharraf, says Ch Nisar 12.Apr 2008 A senior PML-N leader has said that his party was not r...read
Musharraf still has a role to play in Pakistan: Boucher 11.Apr 2008 US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, wh...read
PPP-led Gilani govt to expose Musharraf regime's economic mismanagement 11.Apr 2008 The new PPP-led government in Pakistan has decided t...read
Musharraf embarks on six-day visit to China 10.Apr 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf left for China o...read
Musharraf regime fudged figures, pushed Pakistan into economic crisis: Ishaq Dar 9.Apr 2008 Pakistan's new Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has claime...read
Embattled Musharraf avoids addressing hostile Parliament by visiting China 9.Apr 2008 An embattled Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ...read