Pakistan's Chief Justice Sheikh Akram speaks in Washington
**CAPTION CLARIFICATION** Pakistan's former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Sheikh Akram speaks at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington on November 14, 2007. Akram condemned Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf for suspending the country's constitution and called on the American government to withdraw support Musharraf. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)
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Tens of millions Pakistanis will vote, marking the first time in Pakistan's history that an elected civilian government and will be replaced democratically.
The political party of former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said Friday it would not participate in elections scheduled for May 11.
Police in Pakistan said Thursday they arrested former President Pervez Musharraf in the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 shelling attack.
Indian national Sarabjit Singh, on death row in Pakistan, died Thursday of injuries suffered in a beating by other inmates, his doctors said.
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been banned for life from holding elective office, a regional court ruled Tuesday.
Pakistani leaders should consider deploying military force to ensure May 11 elections take place in a secure atmosphere, Human Rights Watch said.
The leaders of two of Pakistan's secular liberal political parties condemned recent Taliban-orchestrated bombings that left 17 people dead ahead of next month's national elections.
A court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday placed former military leader Pervez Musharraf under arrest on charges related to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court said former military ruler Pervez Musharraf should be included in the investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Pakistani bomb disposal experts defused an explosives-laden vehicle parked near the villa of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, police said.
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