Pakistan Crisis

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...

Fifty Die In Failed Pakistan Assassination

NY Times | Davdi Rhode | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A suicide attacker detonated a powerful bomb inside a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 50 people and injuring 80 as...

Pakistan's Musharraf Swears In Caretaker Government For "Essence Of Democracy"

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday swore in a caretaker administration and declared he had "introduced the essence of democracy in Pakistan," ...

US Now Believes Musharraf May Fall, Planning For Aftermath

New York Times | HELENE COOPER, MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID ROHDE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Almost two weeks into Pakistan's political crisis, Bush administration officials are losing faith that the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf,...

Pakistan Opposition Politician Imran Khan Arrested

NY Times | SALMAN MASOOD, CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The opposition politician Imran Khan emerged from hiding today to the cheers of hundreds of students at a protest demonstration against Pakistan's pre...

Pakistan Opposition Leader Khan's Connection To Hugh Grant, Princess Diana

Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The NY Times reports today on the arrest of Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan: The opposition politician Imran Khan emerged from hiding today to...

Musharraf: I'm Stepping Down As Army Chief

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday he expects to step down as army chief by the end of November and begin a new presidential term as a civ...