Beyond Musharraf: •‘Impeachment charges can’t stand’ •‘Success or defeat both would have meant defeat of the nation’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: President Pervez Musharraf, who often vowed never to run away from a fight, surrendered to his political foes on Monday by tendering his resignation from office to escape the humiliation of impeachment,...
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Race on for successor
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the parties in the ruling coalition went into a marathon meeting after President Pervez Musharraf announced his decision to resign on Monday. The meeting focussed on post-Musharraf challenges....
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Musharraf’s mixed legacy
At a time when almost everyone in the country, including many of General Musharraf’s one-time trusted friends and beneficiaries, is busy condemning his nine-year rule, to mention some of his achievements may be like committing blasphemy....
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How Bush was persuaded to let Musharraf go
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: The coalition government used Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s visit to Washington last month for convincing US President George W. Bush to stop supporting his old ally, Pervez Musharraf....
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Democratic Pakistan vital for UK’s security, says Miliband
LONDON, Aug. 18: President Pervez Musharraf’s resignation brings to a close a critical period in his country’s history and its relations with the UK and other countries, said British Foreign Secretary...
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Former president to search for a safe haven after Umra
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: Former President Pervez Musharraf may soon go to Saudi Arabia for Umra and by then he would have decided whether he wants to live in Pakistan or abroad, senior diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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War on terror — quest for a new punching bag
Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s departure from the Presidency may have brought smiles to many faces but his exit has also kicked off a debate whether Pakistan would continue its policy of fighting militancy or change course....
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India declines to comment on resignation
NEW DELHI, Aug 18: India described President Pervez Musharraf’s resignation as an internal affair of Pakistan, but Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave enough hints that his rapport with senior leaders of the ruling coalition would keep ties intact....
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Resignation accepted; Soomro takes over
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza accepted the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf on Monday night and Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Soomro took over as the acting president....
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PCB chief Nasim Ashraf resigns
KARACHI, Aug 18: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf resigned on Monday just one month before his country hosts the Champions Trophy....
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Next president from PPP: Bilawal
KARACHI, Aug 18: Pakistan People’s Party’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hailed the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf and said that the next president will be from his party....
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Day of restoration of parliament’s sovereignty: Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: While Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani termed Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s resignation on Monday a historic event marking parliament’s sovereignty, most members of the National Assembly strongly...
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Musharraf met diplomats before resignation speech
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Before his last address to the nation as head of the state, Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf met some foreign diplomats at Aiwan-i-Sadr and indicated to them that he was resigning....
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Extra security for down and out president
RAWALPINDI, Aug 18: Authorities deployed extra security for Gen (retired) Pervez Musharraf when he returned to his residence in this garrison town after resigning as president on Monday....
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Zardari thanks Altaf for his positive role
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has thanked Muttahida Qaumi Movement''s chief, Altaf Hussain for his positive role during the recent political developments that led to the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf....
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Crowds celebrate Musharraf’s downfall
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Scores of wildly happy people surged through streets on Monday afternoon as a wave of jubilation spread across almost all towns in the country when Gen (retired) Pervez...
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Celebration over ‘victory of struggle’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Moments after President Pervez Musharraf’s announcement to step down, jubilant political workers, students, representatives of the civil society and lawyers gathered outside the Supreme Court and the Parliament...
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Aitzaz wants trial
LAHORE, Aug 18: Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan has demanded that former president Pervez Musharraf should be tried for ‘his crimes’....
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