A Pakistani court on Saturday charged two police officers and five Islamist militants with involvement in the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf will not comply with an arrest warrant issued in connection with the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf has come under fire for failing to provide the former premier with adequate security.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of Pakistan's ruling party, on Monday condemned the killing of a politician for seeking changes to blasphemy laws, and called those celebrating his death "the real blasphemers".
In a much-anticipated report released late Thursday, a UN inquiry concluded that Pakistan failed to provide adequate security to late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and that the authorities attempted to hamper the inquiry.
The Swiss prosecutor-general has denied Pakistan's request to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, citing his immunity. Zardari and his late wife, former premier Benazir Bhutto, were convicted of money laundering in 2003.
Early December a court ruling overturned an amnesty for politicians who have been accused of corruption. The move by the Supreme Court could pave the way for charges being brought against several senior officials, including some government ministers. And even though President Zardari himself is still under immunity, the opposition is calling for his resignation...
A look back at key events that shaped the last 12 months in Asia. From military conflicts to natural disasters and to the 21st century's longest solar eclipse. Also in this edition : a leading chinese dissident condemned to 11 years behind bars. And an exclusive report in Karachi : our correspondents tell us why the Taliban seem to leave the city alone.
A UN commission probing the assasination of Pakistan's ex-PM Benazir Bhutto made its first visit to the country Thursday. Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack during an election rally in December 2007.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari pledged Saturday that he would not let fundamentalists run the country "as long as we are alive." He delivered his speech at the mausoleum where his wife Benazir Bhutto and her father are buried.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has pledged to establish an independent commission to probe the Dec. 27, 2007 assassination of ex-Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto. Her supporters have long called for a UN probe into her death.
