The Lede Blog: Q&A: Pakistan After Bhutto
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Teresita Schaffer, an expert on South Asia, is answering readersâ questions.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 19 -- Two powerful bombs detonated next to a truck carrying former prime minister Benazir Bhutto late Thursday, just hours after she returned from exile to a triumphal homecoming. More than 120 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in one of Pakistan's worst episodes...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - To the cheers of supporters who set off celebratory firecrackers and flung pink flower petals, the party of exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announced yesterday that she would return to her homeland Oct. 18.
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For Benazir Bhutto, the decision to return to Pakistan was sealed during a telephone call from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice just a week before Bhutto flew home in October. The call culminated more than a year of secret diplomacy -- and came only when it became clear that the heir to...
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To get a sense of what kind of legacy Benazir Bhutto, the Muslim world's first female leader, left behind for the women of Pakistan, look no further than those who were contending for the top spot in the political party she led.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Under extraordinarily tight security, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned to her ancestral homeland yesterday in her first major move since an assassination attempt against her last week killed 140.
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NAUDERO, Pakistan  - Benazir Bhutto's party named her son and husband on Sunday to succeed the slain opposition leader but doubts grew about whether a January 8 poll aiming to transform Pakistan from military rule would go ahead.
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Benazir Bhutto's triumphant return to Pakistan ended in horrific scenes of carnage beneath a mural declaring, "Long live Bhutto." AP Photographer B.K. Bangash was there. Here is his account.
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LONDON/ISLAMABAD  - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said talks on a power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharraf had stalled but she planned to return to Pakistan very soon even without an agreement.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  -- Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan from an eight-year exile on Oct. 18 to campaign for office, her party said Friday. The government said she was free to come back but would have to face corruption cases against her.
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His expulsion of a returning rival may signal the endgame for Pakistan's embattled President
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"This is an appalling act of terrorism. Today Pakistan has lost one of its bravest daughters. Those responsible have not only murdered a courageous leader but have put at risk hopes for the country's return to democracy."  Gordon Brown said that Benazir Bhutto was killed by "cowards afraid of democracy" as British politicians, many of whom knew her as a personal friend, joined the international wave of condemnation of her death. via Times Online
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has landed in Karachi as throngs of supporters pulse through the streets to welcome her. The arrival ends eight years of self-imposed exile for the first woman ever to lead an Islamic nation. Bhutto told CNN that threats against her life result from a "fear" of her return.
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I have long claimed that the rise of extremism and militancy in Pakistan could not happen without support from elements within the current administration. My return to my country poses a threat to the forces of extremism that have thrived under a dictatorship. They want to stop the restoration of democracy at any price. They have exploited a poor, desperate, and powerless people and allowed extremists the right environment in which to flourish.
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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan Thursday, ending eight years of exile and launching what she hopes will be a stunning political comeback. Tens of thousands of supporters greeted her amid massive security.
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The Pakistani opposition leader's assassination has thrown the country into turmoil.
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NAUDERO, Pakistan  - The body of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrived in her family village for burial on Friday, hours after her assassination plunged nuclear-armed Pakistan into one of the worst crises in its 60-year history.