Pakistan Democracy

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...

Musharraf Retires as Pakistan Army Chief

Associated Press | Munir Ahmad | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...

Deputy Secretary Of State Negroponte Urges Pakistan To End Emergency Rule

Bloomberg | Khaleeq Ahmed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf must lift the state of emergency he declared this month and release all political detainees, U.S. Deputy Secretary...

Sectarian Violence Between Sunnis, Shiites Leaves 90 Dead In Pakistan

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims clashed Sunday in a northwestern Pakistan town where three days of sectarian violence has left 91 people _ most of them...

Benazir Bhutto Slams Musharraf In New CNN Interview

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto spoke to Wolf Blitzer, on CNN's Late Edition, about the current crisis in Pakistan. Blitzer asked Ms. ...

US: Pakistan Must End Emergency Rule

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, telling him that emergency rule must be lifted...

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," ...

Bhutto Released From House Arrest In Pakistan

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Police lifted the house arrest of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials said Friday, hours before the arrival of a senior U.S. envoy who was exp...

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,...

Musharraf and Bhutto Both Called Biden Before Bush

Chicago Sun-Times | Robert Novak | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


President Pervez Musharraf and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto each placed telephone calls from Pakistan to Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden, chairman of...

Bhutto On Musharraf: "Any Understanding Between Us Is Now Finished"

Sunday Times of London (U.K.) | Christina Lamb and Dean Nelson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


BENAZIR BHUTTO last night demanded that General Pervez Musharraf step down and insisted that any hope of an understanding with him was now "finished"....