Pakistan faced fresh upheaval Thursday after a court annulled an amnesty protecting President Asif Ali Zardari and ministers from corruption charges, a move that could threaten his political survival. The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a 2007 decree passed by ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was unconstitutional and struck it down, paving the way for thousands of criminal cases to ...

Pakistan faced fresh upheaval Thursday after a court annulled an amnesty protecting President Asif Ali Zardari and ministers from corruption charges, a move that could threaten his political survival. The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a 2007 decree passed by ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was unconstitutional and struck it down, paving the way for thousands of criminal cases to ...

Pakistan's Supreme Court threw out an amnesty Wednesday shielding senior government figures from prosecution, opening the door for corruption cases to be brought against the president's allies. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry read out the ruling declaring the amnesty "void". The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was passed in October 2007 by then-president Pervez Musharraf, under international pressure to ...

Pakistan's top judge ordered Tuesday a hearing into an amnesty which had been protecting the president and key aides from corruption cases until it expired, plunging the nation into uncertainty. Political tensions bubbled to the surface over the weekend after simmering for months, when the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) shielding President Asif Ali Zardari came to an end. Chief ...