In what is billed as the 'mother of all cases' in the history of Pakistan's judiciary, often blamed for playing a second fiddle to successive military regimes, the apex court full bench order is expected to define powers of the Army-backed President
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during the NAM Summit in Havana in mid-September.
'Storming a mosque, that too with a VIP tag, would have been impossible in India.'
The foreign ministers had met recently in Israel, sparking off protests in Pakistan.
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran met President Musharraf and briefed him on the outcome of the talks.
India has stated that joint control of J&K is not a basis for settlement of the issue.
The report said the Pakistani president started cooperating with the US only when given a 'stark choice'.
Zee group Chief Subhash Chandra on Saturday met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and discussed the role media and entertainment industry can play in improving Indo-Pak relations.
Pakistan on Wednesday informed India that its request for consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Pakistan, was being examined.
The disgraced scientist only helped North Korea in enriching uranium.
They continue to be implicated in investigations of terrorism suspects half a world away, most recently the group Jamaat ud Dawa in the London airplane bombing plot.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that just and equitable resolution of issues like Kashmir and Palestine will help bring durable peace and harmony in the "turbulent" world and curb terrorism.
Musharraf noted that "none of us is in favour of their (Kashmir's) independence" and suggested that a "joint framework for self-governance" of the entire Kashmir region should be worked out as part of solution to the problem.
Unidentified militants fired at the president's aircraft as it was taking off from the Chakala air base.
A Pakistani soldier convicted of taking part in a failed assassination plot against President Pervez Musharraf was hanged on Saturday, an official and military spokesman said.\n
Fifteen of these groups took part in sectarian violence, while the rest are jehadi outfits fighting against Western interests, the Daily Times quoted officials as saying.
Musharraf, Aziz give Dawood reception a miss
Asserting that Pakistan was not responsible for terrorism in other nations, President Pervez Musharraf has said that he gets 'annoyed' when his country is blamed for fostering extremism in the world.\n\n
Miandad invites Musharraf, PM Aziz to son's wedding reception
"I am sure Mrs Gandhi will get a very warm reception in Pakistan," Kasuri said when asked about President Pervez Musharraf's invitation to Sonia to visit Pakistan.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has no plans to quit despite the formation of hostile government and will play a low-key role as part of a strategy framed a long time ago, a presidential aide has said. The 'perceived isolation' of Musharraf and his sidelining after the swearing-in of the new government had not happened in a 'haphazard way but is the result of a well thought out strategy', the aide claimed.
The news agency reported that Musharraf said his country was ready to cooperate with India to root out terrorism.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has expressed his will to get medical treatment of his choice in another country, citing the findings of his medical report which shows serious illness.
The 14-member delegation of relatives of the PoWs sought a meeting with President Pervez Musharraf to present all the 'irrefutable evidence' about the presence of their dear ones in Pakistani prisons.
The entire opposition has opposed constitutional amendments that give Musharraf sweeping powers over the legislature.
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McCormack wanted what he described as 'our friends in Pakistan' to view a free media as an institution that ultimately strengthens the society and added that the media has a responsibility to report the news accurately and objectively.
Musharraf, in his television interview, also sounded a warning of sorts to Sharif and told him to be 'economical' on revealing details.
The Pakistani president also said Islamic countries should grapple with terrorism, which causes 'more loss of life within the Muslim world'.
The 20-minute evening call was the first top-level contact between the two countries since Singh was sworn in as Indian prime minister on Saturday. \n\n
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has stepped up rhetoric on Kashmir after a long gap by telling India that he might revert to the demand of third party intervention if his proposals of demilitarisation and self-governance were not met.
The lawyer said he would file a Rs 2 billion suit in a court against Musharraf for libel, recover the amount from the President's personal assets and estate, and then donate the same to the people of Karachi.
More than 40 people were killed in violence in Karachi last week that was sparked off after the arrival of suspended Chief Justice Iftikar M Chaudhry.
CIA Director Porter Goss has recently said that he has a pretty good idea that Osama bin Ladin is still in the Paksitan-Afghanistan frontier area.
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