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Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf was arrested on Thursday for charges relating to the death of radical cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi who died during an operation ordered by Musharraf on Islamabad's Red Mosque, which...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Wednesday that Pakistan's anti-terrorism laws will be amended to more effectively combat the threat of terrorism. The statements come after increased violence in the city of Karachi. Sharif...

Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the High Court of Bolochistan on Saturday dismissed a request to move former president Pervez Musharraf's trial over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti to...

A Pakistani court on Tuesday officially charged former president Pervez Musharraf with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and facilitation of murder in the 2007 death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto [BBC obituary; JURIST...

Judge Ismail Baloch of the Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday ordered investigators to produce former president Pervez Musharraf at the next hearing for the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti, scheduled for September...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday that the government plans to put Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason. Sharif did not officially declare that the government was filing...

The Swiss government cannot reopen the corruption charges against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari because the statutory limitations period has lapsed, Pakistan Law Minister Zahid Hamid announced Wednesday. Swiss authorities sent their position in February of this...

A Pakistani court on Tuesday granted bail to former president Pervez Musharraf in the case of his 2007 detention of senior judges. The detention came after Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan. Musharraf, however,...

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) refused Wednesday to grant bail to former president Pervez Musharraf over the detention of judges in 2007 when he imposed emergency rule. Musharraf has been detained since April 19...

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was granted bail Monday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC), but he remains on house arrest over the murder of former prime ministerBenazir Bhutto ....