Dec 28th, 2007 · The Bush administration has severely limited diplomacy options in the wake of the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. President Pervez Musharraf is unpopular and may have to postpone elections set for Jan. 8. Pakistan is important ally to the U.S. war on terror.
Nov 16th, 2007 · In addition to former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, several leaders in Pakistan are protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule. They include another former prime minister who is still in exile, an array of legal professionals, and a former cricket star.
Nov 16th, 2007 · U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is in Islamabad. He is expected to urge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency he imposed early this month. On the eve of Negroponte's arrival, authorities lifted the house arrest of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Nov 14th, 2007 · Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, twice ousted under suspicion of corruption, is now being hailed as a symbol of hope in Pakistan. Longtime Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid weighs the tangled history and uncertain future of an opposition leader.
Nov 12th, 2007 · Pakistan's opposition wants President Pervez Musharraf to lift a week-old state of emergency. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says emergency rule would make campaigning "difficult" in a promised election in January. Musharraf says the emergency decree is needed for a fair vote.
Nov 9th, 2007 · The residence of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is cordoned off by police as the opposition leader is placed under house arrest in an apparent move to quash an anti-government rally she had planned to lead.
Nov 8th, 2007 · Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under intense domestic and international pressure, announced a mid-February date for parliamentary elections and pledged to remove his uniform. Ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto called on Musharraf to step down as Army chief within a week.
Nov 7th, 2007 · Police beat activists of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Meanwhile, Bhutto says she wants the United States and other Western democracies to demand that her nation's military leader rescind martial law.