Pervez Rashid

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  Pakistan To Probe Ex-Minister For Leaking News Maligning Army

  Pakistan will investigate a former information minister over a leaked news report which sparked a rift between the government and the powerful army, it was announced on Sunday

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  Pakistan Court Issues Non-Bailable Arrest Warrant Against Pervez Musharraf

  A non-bailable warrant was issued against former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf today in connection with the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was killed in a military crackdown in 2007.

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  Pakistan PM To Visit Saudi And Iran 'To Ease Tension'

  Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lead a high-level delegation to Saudi Arabia and Iran this week to try to ease tension between the Muslim countries, a minister said today.

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  California Shooter Attended Female Madrassa in Pakistan: Teacher

  The woman who with her husband shot dead 14 people in California last week attended one of Pakistan's most high-profile religious seminaries for women, a teacher at the madrassa told AFP today.

• Pakistan Military Captures Taliban Commander

  The Pakistani military has captured a Taliban commander who once tried to blow up former president Pervez Musharraf, security officials said on Tuesday.

• Pakistan ministry demands TV station shutdown in shooting row

  Pakistan's defence ministry has asked for the country's top-rating television channel to be shut down after it broadcast allegations blaming an intelligence agency for shooting a leading journalist, officials said on Wednesday.

• Court summons Pervez Musharraf on February 18 after he skips hearing

  A special court trying Pervez Musharraf for treason today summoned the beleaguered former dictator to appear on February 18 and warned a non-bailable arrest warrant would be issued if he failed to do so.

• Pak Army chief General Kayani's successor to be named on November 28: Minister

  If the army has its way, the next head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will most likely be Lt Gen Haroon Aslam.

• Pervez Musharraf's custody extended till October 30 in Lal Masjid case

  A Pakistani court has extended the custody of former president General Pervez Musharraf till October 30 in the Lal Masjid case and ruled that the next hearing would be held at his Chak Shahzad farmhouse, which has been turned into a sub-jail.

• Pervez Musharraf re-arrested over Lal Masjid operation

  Pakistan's Former President Pervez Musharraf was today arrested for ordering a crackdown on the radical Lal Masjid, less than 24 hours after his lawyers claimed he could walk out of house arrest after being granted bail in the Akbar Bugti murder case.

• Pakistan registers fresh murder charges against Pervez Musharraf

  Pakistan police on Monday registered murder charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the death of a radical cleric during the siege of a mosque in 2007.

• Taliban urge Malala Yousafzai to come back, join madrassa

  Days after Malala Yousafzai made a passionate appeal at the UN for the education of children, the Taliban today asked the teenage activist to return to Pakistan and join a madrassa in the restive northwest.

• Terrorist used Facebook, cellphone to escape from Pakistan jail

  Taliban militants had stormed a jail in Pakistan's northwest primarily to free Adnan Rashid, on death row for an attempt to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, and who was in touch with the outside world through a mobile phone, Facebook and blogs.