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Pakistan and Britain accused of deal to swap terror suspects
December 11: Two men wanted in Pakistan for alleged terrorist activity have been arrested in London as part of what human rights campaigners claim is a secret deal between the two countries
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Nawaz Sharif
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Sharif starts Pakistan election campaign
December 10: The former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif today began campaigning for his Muslim League-N party before the expected January general election, despite being barred from standing
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Sharif rules out Musharraf pact
November 26: The former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif today ruled out a power-sharing deal with the president, General Pervez Musharraf
26.11.07: Musharraf's troubles deepen as Sharif returns
24.11.07: Exiled ex-leader ready to come back
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Elections
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Pakistan opposition parties issue election demands
December 6: Pakistan's opposition parties are close to agreement on a set of conditions for their participation in elections scheduled for January
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Bhutto and Sharif draw up wish list
December 4: Pakistan's two main opposition parties today began to draw up a list of demands that President Pervez Musharraf must meet to ensure free and fair elections
04.12.07: Opposition leader Sharif barred from fighting Pakistan election
03.12.07 Sharif banned from Pakistan poll
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US policy
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Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan's nuclear arsenal
December 1: Architect of Iraq surge draws up takeover options
ˇ US fears army's Islamists might grab weapons
20.11.07: More US special forces to aid fight against insurgents
19.11.07: US looks to make allies of Pakistan's tribesmen
19.11.07: US could enlist Pakistan tribal leaders
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Pervez Musharraf
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Musharraf promises to end emergency rule
November 30: Opposition boycott likely despite concessions
ˇ Lawyers clash with police as president is sworn in
30:11.07: Declan Walsh - 'A time of sacrifice'
30.11.07: Read Palwasha Chaudhry's letter
29.11.07 Musharraf to end emergency rule before elections
29.11.07: Derobed and lonely: life on civvy street
29.11.07: Musharraf says emotional farewell
29.11.07, audio: Declan Walsh reports on the swearing-in
28.11.07: Musharraf bows out to Auld Lang Syne
28.11.07: President 'to lift state of emergency'
28.11.07, video: Musharraf steps down (2min, 43 sec)
27.11.07: Musharraf courts military loyalty
27.11.07, leader: the plot thickens
26.11.07: The autumn of the patriarch
25.11.07: Musharraf set to be civilian president
23.11.07, leader: Court politics
19.11.07, audio: 'A totally impartial election'
14.11.07: Simon Tisdall - Musharraf's last stand
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Prisoners released
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Pakistan frees 3,000 held under emergency rule
November 20: Opposition leaders and judges remain in custody amid first hint of thaw in crisis measures
20.11.07: Court dismisses challenges to Musharraf
20.11.07, news blog: Countdown to Pakistani elections
20.11.07: In praise of Jemima Khan, unlikely freedom fighter
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Video
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November 20: 'This is against democratic values,' says opposition leader
16.11.07: Bhutto remains defiant
14.11.07: Musharraf's pledge
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In pictures
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 | | Further protests in Pakistan
November 20: The crisis in pictures
16.11.07: Pakistan's continuing crisis
15.11.07: Imran Khan arrested
13.11.07: Pakistan in turmoil
12.11.07: Bhutto meets supporters
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Unrest
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Musharraf widens his sphere of punishment
November 18: US envoy urges Pakistan's president to lift state of emergency as thousands more are detained
17.11.07: Bhutto freed as top US aide arrives
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'I have visited many prisoners over the years. Now I am one'
November 17, Noor Naz Agha, a prominent lawyer in Karachi, describes what it is like to be under house arrest
15.11.07: Musharraf appoints ally as caretaker prime minister
15.11.07: Khan arrested as Musharraf defends crackdown
13.11.07: Commonwealth ultimatum to Pakistan
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British terror suspect
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Suspected Atlantic airline plotter faces deportation
November 16: Extradition edges closer as Pakistan charges dropped
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Comment and debate
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An uprising may be the only way to dislodge the general
November 15, Seumas Milne: Benazir Bhutto is back at the head of a struggle against dictatorship, but Pakistan needs a more radical transformation
12.11.07, Anita Inder Singh: The limits of influence
08.11.07, Sidney Blumenthal: Tyranny on the march
08.11.07, Paul Cruickshank: Not our dictator
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His bridges burned, Musharraf has nowhere to turn
November 13, analysis: The Musharraf era could be in its death throes with the general facing a united domestic opposition and increasing scepticism from the US, writes Mark Tran
09.11.07: Bhutto faces make-or-break decision
17.10.07: Into a cauldron of uncertainty
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Media
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Expelled press return to UK
November 12: Two British journalists expelled from Pakistan, following a Daily Telegraph editorial about Pervez Musharraf, returned to the UK yesterday
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Background
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Timeline: Instability in Pakistan
November 15: Key events in the latest crisis in Pakistan
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Interactive guide: Pakistan's political crisis
November 14: Emergency rule has been declared and confusion reigns
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Q&A;: emergency powers
November 6: Emergency rule gives General Pervez Musharraf vast powers. Can anything stop him exercising them?
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Profiles
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Imran Khan: Cricket star who turned to politics
November 14: Khan supported General Pervez Musharraf's 1999 coup but he has since turned into one of the president's most vociferous critics
06.10.07: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry: Thorn in Musharraf's side
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In pictures
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 | | Pakistan's Glastonbury
October 4, audio slideshow: Declan Walsh at the Sehwan Sharif festival
The greatest party on earth?
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 | | Sharif's brief return to Pakistan
September 10: The former prime minister is arrested and deported on his return from exile
11.07.07: Red Mosque siege
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 | | Independence day
August 14: Pakistan's 60th anniversary of independence from British rule
15.08.07: India and Pakistan at crossroads as they celebrate
More picture galleries
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Quake - one year on
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Nation unites to remember earthquake victims
October 9 2006: On the first anniversary yesterday of the earthquake that killed more than 73,000 people, Pakistanis united in a spirit of remembrance, aching grief and impatience at reconstruction
06.10.06, Living with the last quake, preparing for the next
06.10.06: Desperate refugees pray for another miracle
06.10.06, Pakistan criticised over quake response
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 | | South Asia quake
Interactive: Full details of the earthquake and its aftermath
Map: Where the quake happened
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Explained
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Q&A;: Pakistan's nuclear secrets
Simon Jeffery explains the background to the proliferation of Pakistan's nuclear knowledge
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Key texts and documents
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Adbul Qadeer Khan's apology
February 5 2004: The following is the full text of the televised apology given by Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist who admitted selling his country's nuclear secrets
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