Deal or No Deal, Bhutto Will Return Oct. 18

Courts issue second arrest warrant in Bhutto slaying

(AP) - A prosecutor says a court has told Pakistani authorities to trace the address of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to arrest him in connection with the Benazir Bhutto assassination. Musharraf left Pakistan for London after quitting the presidency in 2008. Prosecutors allege Musharraf was part of the conspiracy to kill her because he did not do enough to protect her. More»

'Accused' of not providing adequate security

(NEWSER) - Three years after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto sent Pakistan reeling, a judge has issued an arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf, naming him as an "accused" in her death, reports the BBC. Musharraf stands accused of not providing adequate security for Bhutto; two senior cops told investigators that on Musharraf's orders, they removed a security detail from Bhutto's motorcade just before a suicide bomber hit it. More»

Salman Taseer fought to repeal blasphemy laws, was major PPP force

(NEWSER) - Yesterday’s assassination of Salman Taseer could deepen Pakistan’s political crisis, and seriously weaken the government’s ability to oppose Islamic extremists. Taseer, the governor of Punjab Province, was maybe the country’s most prominent opponent of religious parties and extremism, and a major ally of the embattled secular Pakistan Peoples Party, the New York Times explains. He was campaigning to repeal Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which proscribe a sentence of death for anyone insulting Islam. More»

(NEWSER) - Two days of massive demonstrations have convinced the Pakistani government to reinstate the nation's chief justice, CNN reports. Hundreds of angry lawyers filled the streets as a government spokesman said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would soon regain his position. Protesters demanded that the government fulfill its promise to reinstate judges deposed by former President Pervez Musharraf. More»

Obama administration holds talks as violence, protests continue

(NEWSER) - The US is attempting to defuse the escalating political crisis in Pakistan, reports the New York Times, as the police continued to beat and arrest protesters marching to Islamabad. The American ambassador yesterday visited Nawaz Sharif, the former PM whose supporters have joined the lawyers movement in anti-government demonstrations. Later in the day, envoy Richard Holbrooke spoke to Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari. More»