Benazir Bhutto News

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.

Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi on Sunday, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a party leader, setting the stage for protests and counter-protests. Khan blamed the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain on the Muttahida Quami Movement party, which has a stranglehold on the city.

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.

A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination.

Anti-Terrorist Court Rawalpindi on Monday reserved its verdict on the interim bail for former army chief General Pervez Musharraf in the murder case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

As political slogans go, the one that Nawaz Sharif actually used in the 1980s was Jaag Punjabi Jaag, Teri Pug Nu Lugya Daag As political slogans go, the one that Nawaz Sharif actually used in the 1980s was Jaag Punjabi Jaag, Teri Pug Nu Lugya Daag As political slogans go, the one that Nawaz Sharif actually used in the 1980s was Jaag Punjabi Jaag, ... (more)

Similarities between political trajectories of Nepal and Pakistan after 1960s have been striking.

Smaller parties and independents elected in the May 11 elections are, one after the other, joining the PML-N, as a result of which the party of Mian Nawaz Sharif is growing in strength and the 'converts' can expect a role in the future setup, which is likely to get functional by the end of the current month.

Pakistani army soldiers take positions near a polling station during a re-polling for general elections, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday.

Nawaz Sharif's victory in Pakistan's general elections is being seen with some alarm in Afghanistan, where some fear it may mean more instability.

Lahore, May 16 : Former Pakistan army chief and president Pervez Musharraf, who is being tried in a number of cases of serious nature and detained at his farmhouse sub-jail, will leave the country before the swearing-in of the new government, according to PML-Z chief and MNA-elect Ijazul Haq.

Pakistan held elections on 11 May, which paved the way for the first transition from one elected government to another.

The anti-terrorist court in Islamabad on Wednesday directed the government to appoint a public prosecutor in the judges' detention case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf by May 18 after Advocate Syed Tayyab excused himself from performing the role due to personal reasons.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan Peoples Party leader, Sherry Rehman, has resigned as Pakistani ambassador to Washington with immediate effect mostly owing to the fact that her appointment was a political one.

Sharif, Pakistan's former prime minister, once faced possible execution. Now he will return to the nation's highest office.

Former president and head of the All Pakistan Muslim League political party Pervez Musharraf is escorted by security officials as he leaves an antiterrorism court in Islamabad in late April.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Tuesday extended former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's house arrest over the murder of Benazir Bhutto for 14 days, a prosecutor said.

The moment Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan, the clock will begin ticking against him.

He played a long, dogged innings, and though he could not lead his team to victory, he has avoided a defeat.

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