News Analysis: Pakistan Turns Onto a New and Uncertain Path

By JANE PERLEZ
A compromise between political rivals does not herald a solution to the instability of this nuclear-armed nation, but there are glimmers of hope.(The New York Times)

In Pakistan, Elation Over Restoration of Judges

By Pamela Constable

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 16 -- They came carrying children and cakes, tootling bagpipes and pounding drums, waving banners from half a dozen political parties and wearing the garb of peasants and politicians.(The Washington Post)

Pakistani Leader Bows to Pressure

By Pamela Constable

LAHORE, Pakistan, March 16 -- Unable to crush street protests Sunday that spilled out of this city and threatened to reach the capital, the Pakistani government announced early Monday morning that it would restore the former chief justice of the Supreme Court and a group of other deposed judges in a...(The Washington Post)

Pakistan arrests opposition leader Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan arrests opposition leader Nawaz Sharif

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In Pakistani Opposition, a Mix of Motivations

By Pamela Constable

LAHORE, Pakistan, March 13 -- On one side of the provincial high court complex, a majestic red-brick monument to British colonial rule, it was business as usual Friday morning. Lawyers in black robes and white bibs rushed to hearings and conferred with clients, while clerks filled out legal petit...(The Washington Post)

Pakistani Police Intercept Protesters

By Pamela Constable

LAHORE, Pakistan, March 12 -- Police wielding long batons dragged anti-government demonstrators into black vans Thursday at a highway toll plaza outside the southern city of Karachi, where several thousand people were attempting to join a caravan heading for the capital, Islamabad, for a mass...(The Washington Post)

Pakistan Cracks Down on Opposition Ahead of Protest

By SALMAN MASOOD and WAQAR GILLANI
Police arrested hundreds of political activists as the opposition party leader urged his supporters to defy a government ban on demonstrations.(The New York Times)

Protests, Political Turmoil Grip Pakistan

By Pamela Constable

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 11 -- Political turmoil deepened Wednesday and Pakistanis braced for violence as opponents of President Asif Ali Zardari prepared to lead a massive protest march toward the capital this week, while police arrested hundreds of opposition activists and the government bann...(The Washington Post)

Pakistan tribe agrees to hand over Taliban

By HABIB KHAN

KHAR, Pakistan -- A tribe in a northwestern Pakistani region where the military has fought insurgents has agreed to stop sheltering foreign fighters and hand over local Taliban leaders, authorities said. A tribal elder said some militants could be pardoned and freed.(The Washington Post)

U.S. Halted Some Afghan Raids Over Concern on Deaths

By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
The halt, which lasted about two weeks, came after a series of nighttime raids by Special Operations troops in recent months killed women and children.(The New York Times)

Pakistan Regains Control of Remote Area, for Now

By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
The Pakistani military is claiming victory over the Taliban in Bajaur, but experts say the militants may merely be waiting for an opportunity to return.(The New York Times)

Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban

By HELENE COOPER and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
In an interview with The Times, President Obama opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to elements of the Taliban.(The New York Times)

Change attitude towards Pakistan, Musharraf tells India

By Nigam Prusty

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Pakistan must change the way they treat each other and bury a "dirty past" to tackle growing militancy in the region together, Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday.(The Washington Post)

U.S. Pushing for High-Level Afghanistan Meeting That Would Include Iran

By Glenn Kessler

BRUSSELS, March 5 -- In its first overture to Iran, the Obama administration is pushing to convene a high-level meeting on Afghanistan this month that would include an invitation to Tehran, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday.(The Washington Post)

8 Die as Gunmen in Pakistan Attack Cricket Team

By JANE PERLEZ and WAQAR GILLANI The brazen attack on the Sri Lankan team by a dozen gunmen killed six police officers and two bystanders. (The New York Times)