In his two turns as prime minister in the 1990s, Nawaz Sharif tried to endear himself to Pakistan's people with populist policies and did little to please the United States and other foreign allies. He might yet get the chance to repeat that role. ...more

January 2, 2008

Who killed Benazir Bhutto? Many Pakistanis fear that the former prime minister's assassination Thursday will remain yet another unsolved political mystery. ...more

December 31, 2007

Pakistani officials have quietly begun consulting with other nations about the conduct of their investigation into opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's killing, despite a public insistence that they need no foreign help, U.S. officials say. ...more

December 30, 2007

The Pakistani government on Saturday rejected foreign help in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite controversy over the circumstances of her death and three days of paralyzing turmoil. ...more

December 30, 2007

For the presidential candidates, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has emerged as a ghoulish sort of test: A chance to project leadership and competence - or not - on a fast-moving and nuanced foreign policy issue. ...more

December 29, 2007

As slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest in her ancestral village Friday, the government of President Pervez Musharraf laid the blame for her assassination on a Taliban commander and said other politicians also were under threat. ...more

December 29, 2007

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is likely to further complicate business relations between the United States and Pakistan, which is already a major manufacturer of clothing and has been pushing for deeper private-sector ties. ...more

December 28, 2007

Benazir Bhutto was many things: zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. ...more

December 28, 2007

When I saw Benazir Bhutto that day in 1989, she was simply impossible to miss. There she stood on the eve of a gathering of the world's most powerful countries: A woman making her way confidently in a sea of men. A woman from Pakistan - a Muslim country, no less - democratically elected as prime minister. ...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