Senator casts doubt on the mandate of Pakistan's elected politicians to govern while the military holds the monopoly on power.
As the row over who will be Afghanistan’s next president, the real power struggles are taking place behind the scenes.
Pakistan's interior minister has asked lawmakers to give police "clear guidance" to treat violent antigovernment protesters in Islamabad as “intruders and terrorists”.
Reports say Pakistan's prime minister met with the army chief after protesters seeking his ouster stormed the headquarters of state television.
The party calling for the dissolution of the government faces dissent within its own ranks.
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has pulled out of the UN-supervised audit of votes cast in the country's June 14 runoff, casting the disputed election deeper into disarray and clouding the chances for a swift resolution.
A Pakistani cleric who is leading an antigovernment protest in Islamabad says he is prepared to die if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif does not resign within 48 hours.
Christine Fair, a security affairs expert, has written extensively on Pakistan's powerful army. Her new book, "Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War," analyzes the ideological culture of the country’s security establishment.
Demonstrations demanding the dissolution of the Pakistani government have drawn widespread criticism across the country.
A leader of a mass protest outside of Pakistan’s parliament has called upon his followers to blockade the building as lawmakers inside were meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the country’s political crisis.
Police in Pakistan say they arrested about 150 opposition activists on August 19 as mass demonstrations in Islamabad against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif entered a fifth day.
Pakistani lawmakers are making a determined effort to extend rights to the northwestern tribal areas that already apply to citizens of Pakistan in other regions.
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