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: AFP
ISLAMABAD - US President George W. Bush telephoned Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to congratulate him on being sworn in on Tuesday, a government official said.
Gilani, a senior official from slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s party, took the oath as prime minister from Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at the presidential palace in […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD — Slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s party was due Saturday to announce the name of its candidate for prime minister, as a nominee of President Pervez Musharraf’s allies quit the race.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bhutto’s 19-year-old son and successor as chairman of her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), will announce the name, party spokesman […]

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