Benazir Bhutto News

Pakistan's president and thousands of other officials in the country could find themselves facing corruption charges as an amnesty deal exempting them from prosecution nears its deadline.

Karachi, Nov 26 : A Pakistani court has directed that its order summoning former president Pervez Musharraf in a treason case be published in newspapers in London where he is on a lecture tour.

The road to the legendary Swat Valley twists through the Malakand pass and beneath the Malakand Fort, from which young Winston Churchill sent newspaper dispatches about a "mad mullah" trying to drive the British army out.

Heraldo Munoz , head of three-member U.N. Commission, Peter Fitzgerald and Marzuki Darusman attending a meeting at the foreign ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan on July 16, 2009.

Pakistana s President Asif Ali Zardari may face renewed corruption charges once a law that protected him lapses this weekend, deepening a political crisis as the countrya s army battles Taliban militants.

After announcing the package on Tuesday, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called on President Zardari at the Presidency and outlined the mechanics for the implementation of the Balochistan package.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 By Shamim Bano Karachi Judgement in the Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case was reserved by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, East for December 5 after the final arguments concluded on Tuesday.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 By our correspondent KHAR: Four militants were killed and several others sustained injuries in clashes with security forces in KharTehsil of Bajaur Agency on Tuesday.

Karachi News.Net Monday 23rd November, 2009 President Asif Ali Zardari Monday asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to review the names of all those who had benefited from an ordinance granting immunity to prominent Pakistanis charged with corruption.

In another blow to Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, the authorities this weekend released the names of politicians, many from his own party, who benefited from an amnesty decree that dismissed past alleged crimes.

LAHORE: Close aides of slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto including one of the authors of the Charter of Democracy have demanded of the public office-holders, who benefited from the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance , to voluntarily step down in the best interest of the party.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 UNITED NATIONS: The UN commission, probing into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, has interviewed former president Pervez Musharraf in connection with the ongoing inquiry, sources said on Tuesday.

Text of Nawaz interview with Geo News ISLAMABAD: Following is the transcript of the second part of Nawaz Sharif interview with Geo News.

Part I Thursday, November 19, 2009 News Desk RAWALPINDI: Following is the transcript of exclusive interview of Nawaz Sharif with Geo News: Hamid Mir : In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful.

By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir & Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: In what could be described as a clear message to the beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance to resign from their posts, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said he would resign if it was proved that his spouse was a beneficiary of the controversial ordinance.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 By Our Correspondent LAHORE 'Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Achievement Awards' were distributed among 55 women from across Punjab for achieving distinctions in various fields of life.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Zafar Hilaly Nobody, it seems, is prepared to leave Afghanistan alone or allow the Afghans to determine their own form of government, or who should lead them.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi The Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Police Training Centre, Razzaqabad needs greater grant allocation so as to equip recruits with better training facilities, said DIG Training and Commandant of the institute, Din Muhammad Baloch.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf faced questioning from a U.N. commission examining the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto .

Among the bureaucrats at Foreign Affairs, it's known as the "Khadr effect" - the fear that sticking up for a Canadian citizen arrested in another country may come back to haunt the government.