Sunday evening marked perhaps one of the most significant moments in recent Pakistani history, as the government gave in to a growing protest movement and agreed to restore ousted Chief Justice Ifthkar Muhammad Chaudhry to power. The opposition, which only hours...
Maliki: US Will Only Leave 100 Percent Secure Areas
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Associated Press today that he had informed top US officials, including President Obama, that any US military pullouts "must be done with our approval." And while the Iraqi government has been generally forthcoming with...
Ousted Pakistan Chief Justice Restored: Crisis Appears Over
Last Updated 3/15/09 11:25 PM EST Iftkhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Pakistan's 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was unconditionally restored to power during an address by Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani early Wednesday morning. Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has...
Pakistan Seals Off Capital In Attempt to Stop Protest
The Pakistani government has erected barriers across all entry points into the capital city of Islamabad as well as its twin city of Rawalpindi, in an attempt to prevent protesters from marching into the capital for their planned sit-in. Vehicles entering the cities...
Zardari Condemns Public Protests as Undemocratic
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari lashed out at the hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the Long March protests across the nation, saying they were behaving in a manner contrary to "democratic norms" in taking to the streets to protest the decisions of...
Media Bans and Reconciliation Talks: Which Way Is Pakistan Going?
The international community is expressing considerable disquiet as the Pakistani government continues its crackdown against the growing protest movement. There has been some indication, however, that the Zardari Administration is offering a deal to end the protests....
Obama Administration Abandons Enemy Combatant Label, Invents New Rationale
A memorandum filed by the Justice Department today reveals that the Obama Administration is abandoning the "enemy combatant" label for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, while maintaining that they can continue to hold them on the basis of executive authority. Obama is...
Obama Vows US Military Will Remain World’s Strongest
President Barack Obama declared today that the United States "will maintain our military dominance. We will have the strongest armed forces in the history of the world. And we will do whatever it takes to sustain our technological advantage and to invest in the...
China Slams Disproportionate US Naval Response in South China Sea
The Aegis Destroyer USS Chung-Hoon has been dispatched to the South China Sea in the wake of a Sunday incident involving the USNS Impeccable, an unarmed surveillance ship, and five vessels in the Chinese Navy. Chinese military officials condemned the move, saying "the...
Pakistan Orders TV News Channel Silenced
GEO News, the most popular television news network in Pakistan, was ordered blocked today by government regulators. Officials have yet to comment on the exact reason for the blocking, but most see it as retaliation for its harsh criticism of the actions of the...