Pervez Musharraf

Pakistan: US Forces Cannot Hunt Al Qaida, Taliban Militants On Our Soil

AP | SADAQAT JAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Pakistan reiterated Sunday that it will not let American forces hunt al-Qaida and Taliban militants on its soil, after a news report said Washington w...

Musharraf: Bhutto To Blame For Own Death

CBS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The assassination of his chief political rival was her own fault, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf tells Lara Logan in his first one-on-one interv...

Islamist Politicians Emerge As Pakistan's Power Brokers

Wall Street Journal | PETER WONACOTT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Just after night fell at a campaign rally last Thursday, conservative Islamist politician Khalid Waqar heard the news: Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's best...

NYT Op-Ed: Bhutto Allowed Extremists Who Killed Her To Flourish

New York Times | WILLIAM DALRYMPLE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WHEN, in May 1991, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India was killed by a suicide bomber, there was an international outpouring of grief. Recent ...

Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: Political Heir Apparents

23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The new leader of Benazir Bhutto's political party (PPP) is none other than her 19-year-old son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The teen, whose grandfather a...

Musharraf Suggest Bhutto Partly Responsible For Her Own Death

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Musharraf said he also reached out to British investigators for assistance to dispel accusations that Pakistan's military or intelligence services wer...

Pakistan Publishes Photo Of Severed Head Of Bhutto's 'Assassin'

London Times | David Byers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Pakistani Government today published a picture of what it said was the severed head of the suicide bomber who killed Benazir Bhutto and offered a ...

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated: Scotland Yard To Help Investigation

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that he had requested a team of investigators from Britain's Scotland Yard to assist in the invest...

Violence Delays Pakistan Elections Until February

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Pakistani elections will be delayed until Feb. 18 because of violence following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, authorities said Wednesday, ignor...

US Not Ready To Accept Pakistan's Findings On Bhutto's Death

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


United States intelligence analysts are not convinced by the evidence offered so far by Pakistani authorities that a militant linked to Al Qaeda was r...

Pakistan Says Turmoil From Bhutto's Death Could Delay Vote

AFP | Nasir Jaffry | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Pakistan indicated Saturday it would delay January elections because of turmoil caused by the death of Benazir Bhutto, as a bitter dispute erupted ove...

Pakistan Rejects Foreign Help In Bhutto Probe

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Pakistan rejected foreign help in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Saturday, despite controversy over the circumstances of her dea...

Pakistan: Bhutto Died From Skull Fracture, Not Gunshots

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Pakistan - The Pakistani government said Friday that Benazir Bhutto Bhutto was not killed by gunshots or shrapnel as originally claimed but by a skull...

Clinton Calls For Probe Of Bhutto's Death

Reuters | Ellen Wulfhorst | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Democrat Hillary Clinton called on Friday for an international probe of Benazir Bhutto's killing and candidates in both parties sparred over foreign p...

Pakistani Official: Al-Qaida, Taliban Behind Assassination

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


"We have the evidence that al-Qaida and Taliban were behind the suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto," Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz said. Interior Minis...

Pakistan On The Brink Of Chaos After Assassination

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto deals a stunning blow to liberal political forces trying to combat rising Islamic extremism in P...

A Timeline Of Benazir Bhutto's Life

Telegraph | Richard Edwards | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Jun 21, 1953: Born in Karachi 1976: After spending her childhood in Pakistan and embarking on her higher eduction at Harvard, she is elected presiden...

World Leaders Express Outrage Over Bhutto Assassination

Reuters | Matthew Tostevin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


World leaders voiced outrage at the assassination on Thursday of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and expressed fears for the fate of the n...

Bhutto's Death Deals Blow To US's Diplomatic Efforts

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has dealt a severe blow to U.S. efforts to restore stability and democracy in a tu...

Benazir Bhutto: Seconds Before Death

NY Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, just seconds before she was assassinated leaving an election rally near the capital, Islamabad, on Thu...

Richardson to Musharraf: Step Down!

Beverly Davis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

Denison, Iowa---Democratic presidential hopeful and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson released a statement reacting to the assassination of Pakistan...

Benazir Bhutto: Bush Reacts

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


"To Benazir Bhutto, to her friends, to her supporters, we send our condolences to the families of the others who were killed in today's violence, and ...

Video: Bhutto Talks About The Possibility Of Her Assassination

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Benazir Bhutto spoke about the possibility of her assassination twice to CNN. In these eerie videos, Bhutto said she knew she was putting her life at ...

Bhutto Assassination: '08 Candidates React

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Thursday the assassination of Benazir Bhutto underscores a need for the U.S. to increase its effo...

Taken For A Ride

New York Times | David Rohde, Carlotta Gall, Eric Schmitt and David E. Sanger. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military effort against Al Qaeda and the Ta...