Source: Telegraph
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto and himself a leading contender for the country’s presidency, was suffering from severe mental illness as recently as last year, it has been reported.
Mr Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan People’s Party, was diagnosed with a range of psychiatric illnesses, including dementia, major […]

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Source: Washington Post
By Glenn Kessler
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment — a route to making a nuclear weapon — to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the […]

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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, May 23 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Friday withdrew the cases against 200 suspects allegedly involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto citing lack of evidence.
“The chief minister of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) ordered the withdrawal of cases against 200 accused in Benazir Bhutto murder case,” Pakistan’s private Dawn […]

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Source: The News
By Qudssia Akhlaque
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan’s removal on Friday has raised many questions as some link his unceremonious ouster to his strong dissent to the PPP-led government’s plan of approaching the UN for an independent international investigation into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
The Establishment Division on Friday issued two separate notifications dated 25 […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
The tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto has quite a number of conspiracy theorists lining up to offer their analysis, was it fate or destiny we may never know but some have gone to speculate it may have been the Bhutto curse where all members of the Bhutto dynasty are slowly eradicated, and in […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
An article written by Abbas Kassar in The Pakistan Weekly caught my eye which was titled Musharraf Threatens To Dissolve Assemblies If Judges Restored, it raises some serious concerns about the looming threat wielded by Musharraf and his right to exercise article 58-2(B) of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Quite simply utilizing this […]

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Source: CNN
The man blamed for the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has declared a cease-fire now that the former Pakistan prime minister’s party is in power, a government official said.
Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, was accused by President Pervez Musharraf of masterminding Bhutto’s assassination last year — a conclusion also made […]

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Source: The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s new government is avoiding a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf because it lacks the support needed to impeach him, the head of the ruling coalition’s leading party said in remarks released Saturday.
But Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, did not rule […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Posted on the People’s Resistance network by Lala Hussain
50 members delegation of civil society activists from different districts of Sindh will pay tribute to Ms Benazir Bhutto on the day when the new Prime Minister M will be getting a vote of confidence from national assembly on 29th March 2008, Saturday. The main […]

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Source: AFP
KARACHI (AFP) — An alleged Al-Qaeda militant detained over a bombing at Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming parade which killed 139 people was rearrested soon after he was freed on bail by a court, officials said Thursday.
A court on Wednesday granted bail to Qari Saifullah Akhtar — who had been accused by the former premier of […]

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Source: Daily Times
* PPP says announcement to be made after reconvening of NA
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will announce the party’s premiership candidate at an “appropriate time”, PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar said on Wednesday.
Bilawal, the 19-year-old son of Benazir Bhutto who is studying at Britain’s prestigious Oxford University, was named […]

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Source: United Press International
ISLAMABAD — A 51-year-old medical school graduate, who is also a businesswoman, is expected to become the first woman speaker of Pakistan’s national assembly.
The Pakistan People’s Party of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has nominated Fahmida Mirza for the speaker’s post, Dawn reported.
The election is set for Wednesday and Mirza is […]

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Source: The Scotsman
By Jane Perlez in Islamabad
ASIF Ali Zardari, the widower of the murdered opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, sits at the pinnacle of Pakistani politics. It is a startling comeback for a man who, though never convicted in Pakistan, spent 11 years in jail on corruption and murder charges as one of the country’s most […]

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Source: The Independent
By Omar Waraichin Islamabad and Andrew Buncombe
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
The widower of Benazir Bhutto – believed by many Pakistanis to be guilty of corruption – appears poised for a dramatic return to the prime minister’s mansion on the back of a growing consensus within his party that he himself should become premier.
Less than […]

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The national and provincial elections held on 18th February 2008 have been successfully held to the overall satisfaction of all political parties in the country, the people of Pakistan and the Pakistani media in general and all international observers largely.
In these elections, the Pakistan Peoples Party has been elected as the party with the largest […]

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Source: IPS News
By Amir Mir
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28 (IPS) - The arrest of top militant leader Qari Saifullah Akhtar may have brought Pakistani intelligence agencies closer to discovering any conspiracy behind the Dec. 27 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. But many believe the opposite to be true.
Qari, chief of the militant group Harkatul Jehadul […]

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3 reason make US Government be best government in the World:
Reason No. 1
US Government is Democracy Guru
1. They teach democracy to all governments.
2. They support totalitarian government in they sub-government (like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Uni Emirate Arab, Pakistan, etc)
3. They call government against them with ‘terrorist donators’ (like Iran, Cuba, Venezuela etc)
Reason No. 2
US […]

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Source: Times of India
WASHINGTON: Asking the US to stop backing President Pervez Musharraf who had been rejected by the Pakistani people, victorious PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari said he intended to form a “broad-based, democratic, liberal” government.
“Now is the time for miracles in Pakistan…. The international community, especially the United States, must support us in […]

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Source: Dawn
By Asha’ar Rehman
The politically charged latest Lollywood flick, as it were, has the potential to set a new record, that is, if all goes well on election day.
As the old theatre connoisseurs in Lahore would say, the film actually began after the interval. This was when the Barra Bhai (the elder brother) walked into […]

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Benazir Bhutto lying on hospital bed moments after being brought to the hospital after the shooting - Exclusive video
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(New York, February 15, 2008)
In an audio recording obtained by Human Rights Watch, Pakistan’s Attorney General Malik Qayyum stated that upcoming parliamentary elections will be massively rigged, Human Rights Watch said today.” In the recording, Qayyum appears to be advising an unidentified person on what political party the person should approach to become a candidate […]

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KARACHI, Feb 7: With the country due to go to the polls on Feb 18, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is eyeing with some confidence 18 national assembly seats out of the total 20 available in Karachi, as compared to the 12 national assembly seats the party bagged in the 2002 elections. Nevertheless, the party […]

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By Jasmine Rafique
KARACHI, Pakistan– Some of the toughest criticism of Pakistan’s pro-democracy movement comes from an unlikely source: the 25-year-old niece of Benazir Bhutto, who says Pakistani party politics do nothing but support military rule. It’s an environment, she said, her late aunt is partly responsible for.
Fatima Bhutto says she’s not interested in “perpetuating a […]

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Source: New York Times
By CARLOTTA GALL

THATTA — Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, opened her party’s election campaign on Saturday with a huge rally in her home province, Sindh, in a bid to sweep the party into power on her legacy and her martyrdom.
And in a sign that militants […]

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Source: AFP
CHARSADDA — A suicide bomber killed 20 people at an opposition rally in Pakistan Saturday, raising new fears for the security of elections that have been overshadowed by the killing of Benazir Bhutto.
The attack in the country’s militancy-hit northwest came as opposition leader Bhutto’s widower told 100,000 people at a separate rally that he […]

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