In an updated list of speakers for the general debate issued by the world body on Friday showed that Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri will address the 192-member Assembly
According to the book, Musharraf's crackdown on jihadi groups was only for the consumption of the media and the public. In reality, he had no intention to ban terrorist organisations or their activities in Pakistan.
The prosecutor in the high treason case against former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf has rejected a report on his health prepared by military doctors, saying it is an "attempt to thwart the judicial process".
Pakistan on Wednesday hanged a man convicted for attempting to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the seventh execution in the country after a moratorium on death penalty was lifted following the Peshawar school carnage.
The Pakistan President has rejected any pressure or ultimatum in making a decision to quit as army chief
Setting the ball rolling for the trial of Pervez Musharraf on a charge of high treason, a special court on Friday summoned the former Pakistani military ruler to appear before it on December 24.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson and member of the Rajya Sabha, Prakash Jawadekar, claimed that former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's admission that they had recruited and trained terrorists in camps to carry out terrorist activities in India has vindicated his party's stand
Pakistan's slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's son has said that his country has asked Interpol to issue a "red warrant" against former military ruler Parvez Musharraf in his mother's assassination case.
Will his calculation be proved right? Unlikely. He has created so many pockets of anger in Pakistan against himself and the US that it would be highly improbable that he would succeed in extinguishing the jihadi fire of his own creation. Musharraf proposes, bin Laden disposes. That may be the ultimate denouement in Pakistan.
Any weakening of army support would spell doom for Musharraf. The Pakistani army's image is much dented and it is doubtful if it can withstand a civil war with the Taliban.
Addressing a public rally in Kohat, Durrani said that contrary to her claims for the last seven years that she won't back Musharraf, Bhutto was now convinced that Musharraf's development agenda had nationwide support.
The Interpol has turned down Pakistan's request to issue a Red Corner Notice for the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for refusing to cooperate in the probe into Benazir Bhutto's assassination, days ahead of his homecoming from self-exile.
And while this extremist-linked press spins on relatively unmolested, the country's secular television stations and newspapers face consistent harassment by the government,
Bhutto, the Pakistan Peoples Party chief, said her party's talks with the military regime had focused on a level-playing field for all political parties for holding of fair elections for transition to democracy for an empowered Parliament.
'The most recent incident involving Musharraf's make-believe is the standoff at a terrorist stronghold in Islamabad.'
Politicos across the country have condemned former Pakistan president general Pervez Musharraf's statement on the Kargil War, accusing him of fabricating history.
"If I'm allowed to be very, very frank, India's role in Afghanistan is to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan," Musharraf, who is attempting to script a comeback into Pakistani politics, said.
The former army chief was also quoted as saying that the Nawaz Sharif government lacks aggression.
Disappointed that Obama would not be visiting Pakistan during the trip, Musharraf has also conceded that the US president is unlikely to take up the issue of Kashmir during his meetings with the Indian leaders.
Observers from 20 other countries are taking part in the exercise with the nine other countries participating with ships, aviation fleets and gunships.
The action came after Justice Choudhary was called for discussions by Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and confronted with the charges in answer to which he could not give any satisfactory reply.
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he felt a little "insulted and humiliated" standing before a judge in a Karachi court, where he appeared to seek extension of his pre-arrest bail in a series of cases.
Pal, who succeeded Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, was among the seven new envoys of different countries who presented their credentials separately at a colourful ceremony at the Presidential office in Islamabad.
Former Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf on Friday received praise from former Indian Army chief General V K Singh, who said the incident exhibited the "courage" of the military commander. Singh, who headed the Indian Army between 2010 and 2012, said there were mistakes on the Indian side that allowed Pakistani troops to cross over into Indian territory.
An exaggerated fear of Pakistan's people, Hamid says, must not prevent US from realising that Pakistanis are turning away from General Musharraf.
Unidentified militants fired at the president's aircraft as it was taking off from the Chakala air base.
Show me the moolah! Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's party has come out with a rate card for those wanting to join his entourage for his planned homecoming from self-exile -- just USD 2,500 or about Rs 2,50,000.
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to initiate a probe against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case and complete the investigation without "unnecessary delay".
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to initiate a probe against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case and complete the investigation without "unnecessary delay".
Shouting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf, dozens of volunteers of the Pakistan Muslim League in the US has asked the UN to pressurise the "military dictator" to step aside and restore democracy in the country.
A Pakistani court on Wednesday issued a notice to former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf for allowing US drone attacks in country even as a fresh strike by the Central Intelligence Agency-operated spy plane killed at least five in the restive North Waziristan.
Musharraf claimed that Nawaz Sharif's India policy was a "total sell out".
As is clear to the West as well, Pakistan is at the crossroads.
He said the general elections would be held by the end of the year in a fair and transparent manner, and any political action could be considered after viewing their outcome.
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was forced to delay his planned return to the country from self-exile after he failed to get any assurances from the military and the Pakistan People's Party-led government about his security, sources said on Friday. Two Pakistani courts have issued arrest warrants for Musharraf in cases related to the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti and former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Hailing the Havana meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, the US State Department on Monday said it welcomed any efforts on the parts of the two leaders to discuss "outstanding concerns".
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has blamed former President General Pervez Musharraf for the current chaotic scenario in the country and said that he (Musharraf) had done 'colossal damage' to the long pending Kashmir issue.
Leaders of Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League told the media that he had delayed his plans to return to Pakistan later this month after consulting friends and party leaders
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reiterated his country's commitment to continue contributing positively towards peace and harmony in the region keeping in view its geo-strategic location.
