Source: Khaleej Times
By Mohammed Rizwan
In the face of tough opposition by religious hardliners, the management of Punjab University, a 130-year old 25,000-student institution, is struggling to maintain its writ on campus.
The university started a discipline in music, but in the face of stiff opposition, the classes of this department can’t be held on the […]

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Source: The emergency Times
ISLAMABAD:President Musharraf was meeting key aides Monday after Pakistan’s main opposition parties agreed to form a coalition and reinstate the judges he sacked last year, officials said. Government officials said Musharraf was ‘meeting legal aides’ at his office in Rawalpindi but did not give details on what was being discussed. Private television […]

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Source: Daily Times
WASHINGTON: The coming week will see prominent Pakistani opposition figures storming around the US capital calling for free and fair elections and an end to US government support for the Musharraf regime.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan will arrive in Washington on Monday. He will be speaking on the situation in Pakistan at […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s opposition parties demanded better security Thursday as the nation prepared for a lengthy February 18 election campaign, a week after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

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Source: USA Today
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s largest opposition coalition planned to decide Sunday whether to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections if the government refuses to meet its key demand, the restoration of an independent judiciary, party officials said.
The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will make a final decision whether to boycott the Jan. 8 […]

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Source: NewsDay
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Major opposition parties joined forces yesterday to warn President Pervez Musharraf he must end emergency rule and release former Supreme Court judges if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month’s elections.

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Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has resumed her campaign against emergency rule, following the lifting of a detention order against her. She joined a rally by journalists against a partial news blackout, and called for a fresh wave of protests.
But the former PM was stopped from meeting the dismissed chief justice, who remains under virtual […]

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