Read more Pervez Musharraf stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/350/pervez-musharraf.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:42:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70901/musharraf-we-zeroed-in-on-osama-then-lost-track.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US and Pakistan were this close to catching Osama bin Laden about 5 years ago, says former President Pervez Musharraf. "Then, suddenly, we lost track." In a question-and-answer forum following a speech in South Dakota, Musharraf said intelligence closed in on the al-Qaeda leader in a "broad location" before...http://www.newser.com/story/70901/musharraf-we-zeroed-in-on-osama-then-lost-track.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 15:21:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54217/pakistans-top-justice-returns-to-jubilation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan's chief justice triumphantly returned to the bench today, reports the BBC, as supporters showered him with rose petals outside the supreme court in Islamabad. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was suspended by former president Pervez Musharraf during the 2007 state of emergency. Last week current president Asif Ali Zardari finally fulfilled...http://www.newser.com/story/54217/pakistans-top-justice-returns-to-jubilation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 8:21:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53031/musharraf-mulls-return-to-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan's civilian leaders have squandered months on a struggle to oust one another, just when the global financial crisis and ever-bolder religious militants are further destabilizing the country, Time reports. One man sees opportunity in the current fiasco: Pervez Musharraf. After months out of the public eye, the ousted former...http://www.newser.com/story/53031/musharraf-mulls-return-to-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 14:48:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50127/pakistan-frees-nuke-scientist-khan-from-house-arrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pakistani scientist who admitted to giving nuclear secrets to rogue states was freed from house arrest today, the BBC reports. Abdul Qadir Khan was pardoned in 2004 but has remained under tight restrictions; the former head of Pakistan’s nuclear program can now leave his house and receive visitors. Khan...http://www.newser.com/story/50127/pakistan-frees-nuke-scientist-khan-from-house-arrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 10:53:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38600/once-nurtured-militants-have-pakistan-teetering-on-brink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan’s government is caught between two overbearing powers: the Taliban fighters who want to destroy it, and the American officials who inflame tensions between the government and its people. “The Pakistanis are truly concerned about their whole country unraveling,” a Western military official tells Dexter Filkins, who sketches the evolution...http://www.newser.com/story/38600/once-nurtured-militants-have-pakistan-teetering-on-brink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Sep 2008 14:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37420/kim-jong-il-a-pigmy-tyrant-us-will-miss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush administration felt a pending bittersweet goodbye when news leaked that North Korea's Kim Jong-Il likely had a stroke last month, the New York Times reports. True, officials had called Kim a "tyrant" and a "pigmy," but they knew he kept close tabs on his nation's nuclear arsenal. Now...http://www.newser.com/story/37420/kim-jong-il-a-pigmy-tyrant-us-will-miss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Sep 2008 15:59:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36584/pakistani-democracy-is-achievable-bhutto-widower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan, still reeling from Benazir Bhutto's assassination and Pervez Musharraf's resignation, can get a grip on terrorists and win the fight against dictatorship, insists Bhutto’s widower in a Washington Post op-ed outlining the stakes in Saturday's election. Asif Ali Zardari, who’s running for president, vows to continue his wife’s fight...http://www.newser.com/story/36584/pakistani-democracy-is-achievable-bhutto-widower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Sep 2008 8:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35736/party-quits-pakistan-coalition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan’s coalition government collapsed today, the Wall Street Journal reports, with the Pakistan Muslim League—led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif—breaking with the Pakistan People’s Party. Sharif said his party was quitting the alliance because it wouldn’t restore judges sacked by just-ousted president Pervez Musharraf. The PPP, led...http://www.newser.com/story/35736/party-quits-pakistan-coalition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Aug 2008 11:02:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35668/democracy-to-avenge-bhuttos-death-zardari.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocracy will avenge Benazir Bhutto's death and diminish rising extremism in Pakistan, Bhutto's widower tells Newsweek . Asif Ali Zardari, now a presidential nominee, says he cut no deal with departing president Pervez Musharraf and hopes he will stay to witness rule by the people. “Personally I would like him to...http://www.newser.com/story/35668/democracy-to-avenge-bhuttos-death-zardari.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 Aug 2008 16:00:00 CDT