Training Pakistani Reporters in an Uncertain Age

Nisma Chauhan / Truthdig May 23, 2018 Reporters learn to improve their work standards—and to face the dire pressures put on Pakistan's media. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Musharraf Facing Treason Trial in Pakistan (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2013 Pervez Musharraf’s political trajectory has taken a sharp plunge, as Pakistan’s former president now finds himself on the wrong side of the law in his home country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Prosecutor in Benazir Bhutto Case Shot Dead

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 3, 2013 Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, a lawyer who was leading the push to prosecute Pakistan's former military dictator in the slaying of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was killed Friday as he was driving to court in Islamabad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Musharraf Hopes for a Pakistan Comeback

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2012 Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the former president who was hounded out of the country after nine years atop a military government, has said he will return to Pakistan to participate in elections. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arrest Warrant Issued for Musharraf

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2011 An arrest warrant has been issued for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. He is wanted in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a candidate for the country’s presidency who was killed in a gun-and-suicide-bomb attack during a rally in 2007. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistani Intelligence Gets an ‘F’ on Bhutto

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2010 A new report by the United Nations blames Pakistan's intelligence services for not taking the proper security measures to protect Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister assassinated three years ago in an ongoing whodunit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Investigating Bhutto Murder

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2009 It's been a year and a half since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and although her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, is now Pakistan's president, local investigations haven't produced many answers about her murder. Now a United Nations commission, led by Chilean Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, is conducting its own inquiry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cambodia Déjà Vu: the Invasion of Pakistan

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 14, 2009 Last September, during the American presidential campaign, I wrote a column declaring that the United States had again invaded Cambodia, only this time "Cambodia" was Pakistan. President George W. Bush had ordered U.S. ground attacks on the Taliban inside Pakistan's Tribal Territories, without Pakistan's authorization. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sharif Under House Arrest as Crisis Builds in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2009 Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was placed under house arrest in Lahore on Sunday as opposition groups prepared to march on Islamabad to call for the reinstatement of judges deposed by former President Pervez Musharraf Pakistan's current president, Asif Ali Zardari, had said shortly after taking power last fall that he would reverse his predecessor's ruling but has yet to make good on his pledge Update 2: Crisis averted (sort of) for now. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Calm Obama Weathers a Storm of Sarcasm

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 27, 2008 Was he too calm? Did he pull his punches in an effort to look presidential? Not really. The viewers got a clear choice: a reasoned and reasonable Obama versus an old-fashioned Cold Warrior who would keep us in Iraq endlessly and extend the boundaries we must defend to Georgia and Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Quagmire, Phase 2: The Invasion of Pakistan

William Pfaff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2008 The United States has just invaded Cambodia. The name of Cambodia this time is Pakistan, but otherwise it's the same story as in Indochina in 1970. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bhutto’s Widower Assumes Presidency in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Sep 11, 2008 Asif Ali Zardari, widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, assumed the presidency of Pakistan on Tuesday, concluding a transfer of power that began with the resignation of former President Pervez Musharraf just two weeks ago. Zardari's presidency is likely to be one of conflict, as an ongoing Taliban resurgence and a 26 percent approval rating already riddle his first days in office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )