While the political crisis that has beset Pakistan is seen as do-or-die for its civilian government, the country's powerful army is also feeling the heat amid signs of public opposition to any explicit military intervention.
A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, Asimullah Mehsud, has denied allegations that the group’s leader was killed in a recent U.S. drone strike.
In one of several legal challenges facing Pakistan's civilian leadership, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pledges to abide by a fresh Supreme Court decision ordering him to explain the government's failure to probe corruption allegations against the president.
At least 13 people were killed and 20 more injured today when an explosion hit a religious procession in the Pakistani town of Khanpur in Punjab Province.
A militant attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan has left three militants dead and at least three police officers wounded.
Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, has said he's not worried about his political future amid an escalating dispute between the civilian government and the powerful military establishment.
Intelligence officials say a drone strike has killed six militants in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border.
Pakistan's embattled president has flown to Dubai, reportedly to attend a wedding, just weeks after a visit to the United Arab Emirates prompted extensive media speculation of a pending military coup.
Pakistan's defense secretary, a retired general, has been dismissed in a move expected to increase already heightened tensions between Pakistan's powerful military and its civilian leadership.
Security officials in Pakistan have been quoted as saying a suspected missile strike by a U.S. drone aircraft has killed up to four suspected Islamist militants in Pakistan's tribal area near the border with Afghanistan.
A total of 779 detainees have been incarcerated at the U.S. military detention camp for terrorist suspects at the U.S. naval base in Cuba since the first group of captives arrived on January 11, 2002.
A local official said the explosion happened in the Jamrud area of Khyber Agency and there were reports that local pro-government militia were filling their vehicles at a nearby gas station when the blast occurred.
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