The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the charismatic opposition leader who had promised to restore democracy in Pakistan, set off a nationwide wave of grief and fury and raised the specter of violent unrest that could threaten the government of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf. ...more

December 28, 2007

Even before the official search got under way in Pakistan, U.S. intelligence agencies on Thursday were drawing up their own list of possible suspects in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a list that included al-Qaida as well as elements of Pakistan's own intelligence service. ...more

December 28, 2007

For Benazir Bhutto, the decision to return to Pakistan was sealed during a telephone call from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice just a week before Bhutto flew home in October. The call culminated more than a year of secret diplomacy - and came only when it became clear that the heir to Pakistan's most powerful political dynasty was the only one who could bail out Washington's key ally in the battle against terrorism. ...more

December 28, 2007

Rana Younas got the call early Thursday from a nervous friend - a Pakistani-American like him - from Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. ...more

December 28, 2007

The suicide attack that killed Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday cut short an epic life, one bathed in blood and awash with controversy. ...more

December 28, 2007

TAMPA Rana Younas got the call early today from a nervous friend – a Pakistani-American like him – from Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was dead, assassinated by a suicide bomber just 12 days before the national elections. ...more

December 27, 2007

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto accused the government Sunday of failing to crush Islamic militants, days after a suicide bombing killed 56 people during prayers in a mosque. ...more

December 24, 2007

A key opposition group vowed Sunday to try to undo amendments President Pervez Musharraf made to the constitution before lifting emergency rule, changes critics say will keep a tight lid on dissent. ...more

December 17, 2007

Gunmen killed three people in an attack Saturday on a party office of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, police said - the first reported deaths apparently linked to Pakistan's current election campaign. ...more

December 9, 2007

Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, the two former prime ministers who have long bitterly opposed each other, joined with an opposition alliance on Monday to denounce what they saw as an unfair environment ahead of parliamentary elections planned for January. ...more

December 4, 2007