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Pervez Musharraf stories: 231 news summaries

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Pakistan Vote to Be Delayed at
Least 4 Weeks

Many election offices damaged in violence; PPP opposes setback

Dec 31, 07 8:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's January 8 election will be postponed by at least 4 weeks, "if not more," because of violence in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, election officials tell AFP. The election commission recommended a delay, but won't specify a date until tomorrow. Bhutto's party opposes postponement on grounds... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections

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 Death Just Pakistan's Latest Unsolved Mystery

Political deaths many; 'truth never comes out'

Dec 30, 07 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Moments after Benazir Bhutto was killed—whether by gun, bomb, or hitting her head on a sunroof—came another disturbing image. Workers hosed blood from the streets, washing away potential evidence, the Washington Post reports—and ensuring yet another whodunit to Pakistan's long list of unsolved political murders. "I... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Pakistan People's Party

UPDATED

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

Pakistan Tells Doubters to Exhume Body

Speculation on Bhutto death runs wild as riots threaten elections

Dec 29, 07 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto’s political party is free to exhume her corpse to verify her ever-shifting cause of death, a Pakistani official said today. So far, the government has issued three accounts—gunshots, shrapnel, and then a fractured skull from hitting her head—which has PPP leadership crying cover-up, CNN reports.... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Baitullah Mehsud

US Supplied Bhutto With Security Intel

But stopped short of 'micromanaging arrangements'

Dec 29, 07 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington gave Benazir Bhutto intelligence to protect her from militants for weeks but would not guard her with its own private contractors, the Los Angeles Times reports. An ex-adviser to Bhutto said the US refused to be "micromanaging the security arrangements of another country." The US embassy in... More »

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Joe Biden • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto

Bhutto Aide Sees Cover-Up in Changing Cause of Death

Finds skull-fracture theory 'nonsense'

Dec 29, 07 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A top aide to Benazir Bhutto charges in a CNN interview that the Pakistani government is trying to cover up the cause of Bhutto's death. Aide Sherry Rehman blasts as "bizarre, dangerous nonsense" the government's conclusion that Bhutto was not struck by bullets, but died of a skull fracture... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Sherry Rehman

Did the US
Do Enough
for Bhutto?

American officials too trusting of Musharraf security, say critics

Dec 28, 07 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Finger pointing has begun in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto—and several fingers are pointing at Washington, reports Time magazine. Critics say the White House is so committed to supporting President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the war against terror, that the US has been too... More »

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Joe Biden • Taliban • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Hussain Haqqani • Peter Galbraith • Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation • Center for American Progress • U.S. Central Command • al-Qaeda

Bhutto: If I Die, Blame Musharraf

Wrote of concerns in email just weeks before death

Dec 28, 07 4:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto sent an email to a US adviser and close friend two months ago saying that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would share the blame if she was killed, CNN reports. Bhutto said his government had denied her request for extra security after the October attempt... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination

Pitched Power Battle Triggered by Bhutto Death

More upheaval as parties jockey
for control in chaos

Dec 28, 07 3:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto will exacerbate already fraught tensions between competing Pakistani political parties, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bhutto's secular, generally pro-Western Pakistan Peoples' Party was expected to do well in upcoming parliamentary elections, but the future of the PPP is now uncertain in the aftermath of Bhutto's... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Pakistan elections

Sharif Calls for Election Boycott

Opposition leader demands Musharraf quit

Dec 28, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif called on his countrymen to boycott the coming elections and demanded President Pervez Musharraf resign following the shocking assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Sharif, 57, long a political adversary of Bhutto, rushed to the hospital in Rawalpindi and sat silently by her body after she... More »

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Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Nawaz Sharif • boycott • Pakistan Muslim League • Zia ul Haq • Aftab Sherpao

Bhutto's Body Flown Home

She will be buried near her father; nine dead in rioting

Dec 27, 07 7:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The body of Benazir Bhutto was flown to her ancestral homeland in Pakistan Friday as riots in the wake of her assassination claimed the lives of at least nine people. Police reported widespread unrest in Karachi and across the country, CNN reports. TV footage showed Bhutto supporters torching cars and... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • funeral

Bhutto Killing: Deadly Blow to Pakistan Stability

Musharraf blames terrorists for assassination

Dec 27, 07 1:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto deals a devastating setback to hopes for political stability in Pakistan. The death today of the nation's most charismatic opposition leader is likely to trigger an outpouring of anti-government sentiment, political analysts tell the Wall Street Journal, and force postponement of next month's scheduled... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Islamic extremism

Bush Condemns Bhutto Killers

Dec 27, 07 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush today called for action against the killers of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. “The United States strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous extremists who are trying to undermine Pakistan’s democracy,” Bush said at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. The US had strenuously promoted Bhutto's... More »

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Mitt Romney • Joe Biden • terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • George W. Bush

Bhutto Killing: End to Volatile, Risky Career

Heir to political dynasty, PM embodied both hope and corruption

Dec 27, 07 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's assassination today ended a volatile political career that saw her transformed from one of the world's most powerful women to persona non grata and back again. Obituaries detail her reluctant entry into politics after the execution of her father, PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The 54-year-old joined him and... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Zulfikar Ali Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari

Benazir Bhutto Killed
in Attack on Rally

Former Pakistani PM dies in surgery;
15 others killed in suicide bombing

Dec 27, 07 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto died in surgery today after an explosion at a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The suicide attacker detonated a bomb as the former prime minister left the rally where thousands were gathered to hear her speak. "She has been martyred," said a spokesman for Bhutto's party. The... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • martial law • Pakistan elections

Gunbattle at Pakistan Political Rally

4 dead after Musharraf supporters open fire
at Sharif event

Dec 27, 07 6:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A gunbattle erupted at a political rally near Islamabad today between supporters of President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, leaving four dead and three wounded. The shooting was the worst violence so far in the run-up to January's parliamentary election. Sharif was only a mile away when... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League

Terror Takes Center Stage
in Pakistan Vote

Bhutto, Sharif blast Musharraf for rise in extremist attacks

Dec 26, 07 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Two weeks ahead of elections, Islamic extremism has become a central issue in the intensifying three-way race for control of Pakistan's parliament, AFP reports. Benazir Bhutto yesterday took her campaign to Peshawar, the heart of the troubled northwest, and bashed Pervez Musharraf's handling of the terrorist threat. Militants have promised... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Peshawar • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • terrorist • Islamic extremism • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Afghan border

US Billions in Pakistan Wasted

Money earmarked for war on terror diverted to shore up regime

Dec 24, 07 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Billions of dollars the US gave to Pakistan to bolster counterterrorism efforts against al-Qaeda apparently have been diverted to prop up President Pervez Musharraf's government and finance weapons systems aimed at India, reports the New York Times. Because the US has failed to properly monitor military aid programs, progress... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • India • Condoleezza Rice • Osama bin Laden • Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani • US military aid • Coalition Support Funds • Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad • tribal areas • al-Qaeda

Suicide Bomber Kills 10 Recruits in Pakistan

Protesters continue to clash with police over detained judges

Dec 17, 07 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed 10 army recruits today near a Pakistani military school in the first major attack since Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule Saturday, saying that the government had “broken the back” of insurgents in the northwest. The school in Kohat was attacked regularly until Musharraf declared martial... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Pakistan militants • Kohat

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