Person: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

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Karzai denounces schoolgirl attack

Afghan president Hamid Karzai has written letters to top political and religious leaders in Pakistan, denouncing the Taliban attack on a Pakistani teenager who is promoting girls’ education and asking them to help battle extremism in both countries.

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Pakistan PM tries to hold up fractured government

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Pro-Musharraf party concedes defeat

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Commonwealth opposition faces Musharraf

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PM that Musharraf ousted in 1999 poised for return

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Pakistan elections promised for February

Protesters clash with police as Pakistan unrest continues

Riot police clashed with former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s supporters in front of parliament today after she ordered them onto the streets to protest against emergency rule.

Wed, 07 Nov, 2007

Bhutto to return despite talks collapse

Former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto said today that power-sharing talks with President General Pervez Musharraf were at a standstill, but that she planned to return to the nation even without a deal.

Sat, 01 Sep, 2007

40 militants killed as troops storm Pakistan mosque compound

Pakistani troops attempted to clear a women’s religious school after seizing Islamabad’s Red Mosque in fierce fighting that left at least 40 militants and three soldiers dead.

Tue, 10 Jul, 2007

Crack troops storm Pakistani mosque compound

Pakistani commandos stormed Islamabad’s Red Mosque compound today, sparking a fierce fight with militants accused of holding about 150 hostages inside.

Tue, 10 Jul, 2007

Attempts to talk to militants amid fears for hostages

ISLAMIC scholars and a former prime minister opened negotiations with militants besieged in Islamabad’s Red Mosque amid growing fears for some 150 women and children allegedly held hostage inside.

Tue, 10 Jul, 2007

Musharraf ally confirmed as Pakistani PM

Pakistan’s former Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz, a close ally of President General Pervez Musharraf, was sworn in as prime minister today.

Sat, 28 Aug, 2004

Finance chief elected Pakistan PM

Pakistan’s parliament elected Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and close ally of President General Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister today amid an opposition boycott of the vote.

Fri, 27 Aug, 2004

400 Pakistani prisoners freed

AFGHAN president Hamid Karzai yesterday promised to free 400 Pakistani prisoners who fought with the Taliban and have been held in Afghan jails since 2001.

Thu, 26 Aug, 2004

Pakistan's caretaker prime minister stands down

Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain announced his resignation today after just two months in office, as part of an orchestrated power transfer that will see the finance minister take his place by the end of the week.

Wed, 25 Aug, 2004

Musharraf condemns hostage murders

Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf and the nation’s prime minister today condemned the murder of two Pakistanis kidnapped in Iraq.

Thu, 29 Jul, 2004

New Pakistan PM sworn in

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain took the oath of office as prime minister today as part of a power transition in the government that the opposition has decried as an affront to democracy.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2004

New Prime Minister in Pakistan

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the head of Pakistan’s ruling party and a loyal ally of the nation’s military ruler, was elected caretaker prime minister in a rubber-stamp vote in parliament today.

Tue, 29 Jun, 2004