Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani meets with Speaker Pelosi in Washington

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani speaks before meeting with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 30, 2008. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)

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Zardari asked to exit presidential race

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The head of the Pakistan People's Party, Asif Ali Zardari, should withdraw from the presidential race due to his mental health, an opposition official says.

Commentary: From Tbilisi to Taliban

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Georgia is a geopolitical sideshow next to Pakistan, one of the world’s eight nuclear powers, without Musharraf. The future of NATO is not at stake in Georgia, but it is in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Gilani vows to fight Pakistani terrorism

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani vowed Saturday to increase anti-terrorism efforts in his country.

Karzai warned against interference

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 16 (UPI) -- Pakistan, responding to warnings from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, says it won't allow anyone to interfere in its internal affairs.

U.S. says Afghan airstrikes justified

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. military says a video of its deadly airstrike in the Afghan-Pakistani border region proves that U.S. forces were targeted by pro-Taliban militants.

Commentary: Kinetic response

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The campaigns of three U.S. presidential candidates and two huge natural disasters in Myanmar and China overshadowed a man-made geopolitical disaster now in the making in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Pakistan coalition in turmoil

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 13 (UPI) -- Pakistan's 6-week-old ruling coalition was in turmoil Tuesday as nine ministers of one of the parties quit over the failure to restore dismissed judges.

Official: Pakistani judges to be restored

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 19 (UPI) -- Pakistan's new coalition government is unwavering in its determination to restore deposed judges, Law Minister Farooq H. Naek said Saturday.

Musharraf welcomes 'new era of democracy'

ISLAMABAD , Pakistan, March 23 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf welcomed a "new era of democracy" during his Pakistan Day speech in Islamabad Sunday.