U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue meeting held at State Department in Washington
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks with General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan's military chief, before a plenary session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Meeting at the State Department in Washington on October 22, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Pakistani police Friday took ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf to court from his farmhouse where he went the previous day after being ordered arrested.
Pakistan's army chief urged President Asif Ali Zardari to take urgent steps to tackle the country's worsening law and order situation, sources told Dawn.
The Pakistani military has no intention of interfering in the country's general elections, Defense Secretary Asif Yasin Malik said.
Three suspects believed to be involved in the shooting of a 14-year-old anti-Taliban activist have been arrested, Pakistani officials said Friday.
Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl who won admiration for her anti-Taliban campaign, was recovering after being shot in the head by a militant.
Top U.S. military officials were in Pakistan to meet with their counterparts in the first high-level talks since NATO airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
A central figure in Pakistan's so-called memogate testified a top Pakistani diplomat asked him to deliver a memo asking U.S. help to rein in the Pakistani army.
Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani assured President Asif Ali Zardari the military will not stage a coup as the two leaders met Friday.
Pakistan's Supreme Court, acting amid rising political tension, issued a contempt notice against the prime minister Monday for not reopening corruption cases.
Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani accused his defense secretary of "gross misconduct" Wednesday and dismissed him.
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