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Musharraf Pushes Swiss to Prosecute Foe

Alleges Bhutto widower stashed $55M in Swiss bank account

Feb 21, 08 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - As the battle to control Pakistan heats up, President Pervez Musharraf's lawyers have asked the Swiss government to prosecute Asif Ali Zardari over decade-old corruption charges. Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto and leader of the victorious Pakistan People's Party, is charged with hiding $55 million in kickbacks in a... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Switzerland • corruption • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Police Gas Pakistan Lawyers

Protests supporting sacked chief justice turn violent

Feb 21, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan fired tear gas at a rally of about 100 lawyers in Karachi as the country's deposed chief justice, still under house arrest, roused supporters across the country on a smuggled mobile phone, calling for the incoming government to reinstate him and his colleagues. The justice, whom President... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Karachi • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Quetta

Musharraf Opposition Seek to Build Alliance

Parties of Bhutto,
Sharif look to each other, smaller partners

Feb 20, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The party of fallen Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is moving toward an alliance with longtime rival Nawaz Sharif after a strong showing in Monday's parliamentary election, Reuters reports. A coalition of the two parties, along with smaller independents, could control enough of the legislature to oust President Pervez Musharraf,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Awami National Party

New Pakistan Leaders to Seek Talks With Militants

Election victors continue to work for coalition government

Feb 20, 08 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The victors in the Pakistan elections favor negotiations with al-Qaeda and the Taliban over  military confrontation, reports the New York Times. “We will have a dialogue with those who are up in the mountains,” said Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. “We want... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • corruption • Benazir Bhutto • Baluchistan • Pakistan Supreme Court • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • election • coalition • dialogue • Gen. Jehangir Karamat

Musharraf Plans to Stay Prez Despite Loss

Hopes to forge
alliance and aid
'in a positive way'

Feb 19, 08 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf wants to stay president despite his party's crushing defeat in Pakistan's national election, he told the Wall Street Journal today. He said he hopes to aid the country's transition to democracy and cooperate with the next prime minister. "We have to move forward in a way that... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • election

Bhutto Loyalist Frontrunner to Be Pakistan PM

Musharraf's party concedes defeat after drubbing at ballot box

Feb 19, 08 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - President Pervez Musharraf's party has admitted defeat after losing a resounding two-thirds of its seats in parliament in Pakistan's parliamentary elections. Although final results are still not in, Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League have crushed the president's faction, which placed a distant third. The likely... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Makhdoom Amin Fahim

Bhutto Widower Warns of Pakistan Election Backlash

People 'on the warpath,' Asif Ali Zardari warns

Feb 17, 08 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pakistani government's suspected plans to disrupt tomorrow's elections will trigger widespread violence and the possible collapse of the nation, warned the widower of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto. "People are absolutely on the warpath" and will take to the streets if the election is rigged, Asif Ali Zardari told... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Mass Rigging Charged Ahead of Pakistan Vote

Bhutto's party appears unstoppable but some fear fraud will rob victory

Feb 15, 08 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's postponed parliamentary elections will finally take place on Monday, but allegations are flying that Pervez Musharraf's party has already rigged the vote. Pakistan's intelligence agencies have "pre-stuffed" ballot boxes, confiscated voter ID cards, and appointed party apparatchiks in key rural constituencies, a retired senior intelligence officer told the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Blast at Pakistan Rally Kills 25

Campaigning resumes across nation for Feb. 18 elections

Feb 9, 08 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed 25 people and wounded dozens in northwestern Pakistan today as campaigning resumed across the nation for elections later this month, the AP reports. The blast occurred at a rally for a secular opposition party. No group claimed responsibility, but the government blamed Islamist extremists. Elsewhere, Benazir... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari

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UK Probe: Blast Killed Bhutto

She died from head injury caused by blast, says Scotland Yard

Feb 8, 08 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Scotland Yard detectives investigating the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto have concluded that the cause of death was not a bullet, but the massive head injury she sustained when she was thrown by the suicide bomb blast. The findings mesh with the Pakistan government's version of the killing... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bomber • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Pakistan
Busts 2 More
in Bhutto Hit

Arrests come
as nation ends
mourning period

Feb 7, 08 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani authorities have charged two alleged terrorists with participating in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reports AFP. The two men are from Rawalpindi, where the former PM was killed in December. "Their tentacles are from the tribal region and Baitullah Mehsud," said a senior official, referring to the... More »

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Pakistan • suicide bomber • Benazir Bhutto • Rawalpindi • Asif Ali Zardari • Baitullah Mehsud • Bhutto assassination • al-Qaeda

In Will, Bhutto Taps Husband as Successor

Zardari, now party co-chair, may aim for PM position

Feb 5, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's political will, published today, calls for her husband to take control of her party, Reuters reports. "I would like my husband Asif Ali Zardari to lead you in this interim period until you and he decide what is best," says the document. He chose to release... More »

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Pakistan • will • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Bhutto's Niece Calls Party Undemocratic

Young writer says Benazir backers 'cash
in on her blood'

Jan 12, 08 10:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Some call her the real heir to slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, but Fatima Bhutto, the ex-PM's estranged niece, rejects her claim to “the family business,” the Times of London reports. In fact, the 25-year-old columnist living in Pakistan called the idea of enshrined Bhutto power “... More »

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Pakistan • democracy • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari • Fatima Bhutto

Son Urges
UN Probe Into Bhutto's Death

New opposition leader calmly critical of US
in first public remarks

Jan 8, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son and successor today called for a UN-backed investigation into her assassination, saying he had no faith in the Pakistani government to solve the case, the Washington Post reports. "It is our belief that had she been provided with adequate protection she would be alive... More »

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Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bhutto Uncle Opposes Role for Widower

Patriarch blasts Zardari as incompetent, wants 'a real Bhutto' to lead

Jan 2, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's designation of her widower as interim leader of the Pakistan People's Party has inflamed family and tribal tensions, and renewed past disagreements over her leadership. Patriarch Mumtaz Bhutto, Benazir's 74-year-old uncle, blasted Asif Ali Zardari for having "no political background or acumen" and predicted his leadership would... More »

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Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Mumtaz Bhutto • Sindhi • Baluch • interim leader

Aide: Bhutto Died as She Readied Dossier on Rigged Vote

Government, opposition still at loggerheads

Jan 1, 08 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was killed the same day she planned to give US lawmakers damaging information on government actions to rig upcoming elections, a top aide charged yesterday. The "thoroughly rigged" elections were to "benefit" President Pervez Musharraf's party, said the aide. The charge was made... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari • al-Qaeda

Police Stopped Bhutto Autopsy: Hospital Rep

Top cop says
ex-PM's husband
nixed post-mortem

Dec 31, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The Rawalpindi police chief prevented doctors from performing an autopsy on Benazir Bhutto, according to an open letter issued today by a representative of the hospital where she died. Chief Aziz Saud invoked the investigators' “exclusive responsibility,” CNN reports, but Saud says Bhutto's husband objected. The lack of... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Pakistan People's Party • Rawalpindi • Asif Ali Zardari • Aziz Saud

Bhutto Slumped as Shots Rang Out: Video

Husband calls official version of cause of death "useless excuse"

Dec 31, 07 5:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Newly released videotape of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto bolsters Bhutto's supporters' claim that the Pakistani opposition leader was killed by gunshot wounds and not—as the government insists—by hitting her head on her car sunroof when a bomb exploded. The video shows Bhutto slumping forward after gunshots ring... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Asif Ali Zardari

Bhutto's Son Quietly Political at Oxford

'Well-liked' student backed mother on his
Facebook page

Dec 30, 07 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari may be Benazir Bhutto's son, picked today to lead the Pakistan People's Party, but the 19-year-old is also still in school. Bilawal has been studying at Christ Church, Oxford, without security, often hiding his political identity but supporting his mother on his Facebook profile, Time reports. "... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Oxford University • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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Bhutto Husband & Son Picked
to Head Party

Election likely
to be delayed
up to 8 weeks

Dec 30, 07 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - As violence continued to flare in Pakistan following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials indicated that Jan. 8 elections will likely be postponed six to eight weeks, Reuters reports. Officials from Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party, meanwhile, picked her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and 19-year-old son, Bilawal,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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