Pakistani court warns prime minister over failure to prosecute president on graft charges

ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s top court said Tuesday it could dismiss the prime minister unless he begins corruption proceedings against the president, opening another front against a government already under pressure from the army.

Memogate scandal: US scholars concerned over Haqqanis safety

WASHINGTON: Sixteen US scholars from think tanks in Washington have written to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to express concerns over the safety of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, asking the Obama administration to make appropriate public statements to ensure that Husain Haqqani is not physically harmed and that due process of law is followed.

Musharrafs Return

That Pervez Musharraf`s rally in Karachi on Sunday wasn`t much of a success goes without saying. Television showed the reality, and flags and buntings failed to hide the lack of popular enthusiasm. Coming after Imran Khan`s much larger rally last month, the small crowd must have been embarrassing for the former president-general.

Bomb Kills 25 in Northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A bomb targeting a militia opposed to the Pakistani Taliban exploded in a market close to the Afghan border Tuesday, killing 25 people in the deadliest blast in the country in several months, officials said.

US says it wants negotiated settlement of memo issue

WASHINGTON: Speculations that President Asif Ali Zardari may go to Dubai again to ease political pressures on his government reached the US State Department where spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the United States was in no position to confirm or deny such reports.