PPakistanis celebrate the unofficial primary results for Pakistan's general elections in the streets of Rawalpind, Pakistan on February 18, 2008. Pakistanis went to the polls Monday in parliamentary elections torn by violence and possibly pivotal for U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf. Polls indicated strong support for the Pakistan People's Party, the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Support also was strong for the Pakistan Muslim League-N, led by Nawaz Sharif, also a former prime minister. (UPI Photo/Hossein Fatemi/Fars News Agency)
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Getting Smart on Pakistan
The inauguration earlier this week of Asif Ali Zardari as Pakistans president offers the possibility -- but hardly the certainty -- of a new beginning for Pakistan, and a new era in U.S.-Pakistan relations.
View From Dubai: Musharraf and Bush's War
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- What luck for rulers that men do not think, said Adolf Hitler. The Fuhrer should know. After all, he proved himself a successful, if rather reviled, leader of men and went on to conquer half of the world.
Musharraf Resigns Under Pressure, But Willingly
AMMAN -- Pervez Musharraf took Pakistan by surprise on Monday when he unexpectedly announced his resignation as president, effectively making history as the first leader in the country to voluntarily step down, albeit under tremendous pressure to do so.
Musharraf to Fight Impeachment Bid
AMMAN – Pakistans coalition government says it will launch proceedings to impeach the highly unpopular president, Pervez Musharraf, on mismanagement charges; but the former general will not leave without a fight that could drag the nuclear-armed country into new realms of uncertainty.
Will Yousaf Raza Gilani change Pakistan?
Perhaps the most notable aspect of Yousaf Raza Gilanis conduct upon his ascension as Pakistans new prime minister has been his lack of apparent vitriol toward President Pervez Musharraf.
EDITORIAL: Pakistan's democracy outbreak
"Be careful what you wish for … you may get it," might be the mantra running through the minds of U.S. foreign policy officials as they prepare to deal with Pakistans new government.
OP-ED: Pyotr Goncharov – Pakistan politics
Pakistan - New Coalition, Old Collisions
