Benazir Bhutto assassination How Pakistan covered up killing BBC News


IN PICS Remembering Pakistan's first woman Prime Minister Benazir

The theories behind the murder. A Pakistani anti-terrorism court declared former military ruler Pervez Musharraf a fugitive in ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto's murder trial Thursday, nearly 10.


Bhutto Is Buried as Pakistan Reels The New York Times

BHUTTO'S FATEFUL MOMENT. By Mary Anne Weaver. September 26, 1993. At 1:45 A.M. on April 4, 1979, four wardens entered the prison cell of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a waifishly thin man, nearly wasted.


Benazir Bhutto Biography, Assassination, Husband, & Son Britannica

Who assassinated ex-Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto? Bhutto was elected as prime minister in 1988 and 1993. After a period in exile she returned to Pakistan in 2007 to campaign for elections.


IN PICS Remembering Pakistan's first woman Prime Minister Benazir

Here is a list of the leading theories behind who killed Bhutto: The Pakistani state's theory. Musharraf's government blamed the assassination on then-Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who.


Prosecutor in Benazir Bhutto assassination case gunned down

Dec. 28, 2007. RAWALPINDI, Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani opposition leader and twice-serving prime minister, was assassinated Thursday evening as she left a political rally here, a scene.


Benazir Bhutto Academy of Achievement

Benazir Bhutto was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's first democratically elected prime minister.. DNA from Bilal's body parts gathered after his attack and tested in a US lab.


Photos Pakistan's iron lady, Benazir Bhutto

Story Highlights; Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi after rally ; NEW: Interior Ministry says Bhutto died from gunshot wound to the neck NEW: Body being flown to.


Benazir Bhutto assassination How Pakistan covered up killing BBC News

Thu 27 Dec 2007 15.51 EST. The brutal assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto tonight triggered violent convulsions across the country that cast grave doubts on elections.


In Pakistan, Another Bhutto Joins The Risky Family Business WBUR News

Bhutto, 54, was killed Thursday by the bullets of an assassin who blew himself up after firing the shots, killing at least 28 more people and wounding at least 100, GEO-TV reported. Bhutto, who.


Bhutto Assassination Ignites Disarray The New York Times

Supporters carried Ms Bhutto's coffin after her body was released from hospital following her assassination. Alternatively, he suggested, the denial could be a way to challenge the authority of.


Benazir Bhutto Biography, Assassination, Husband, & Son Britannica

Read the obituary "Benazir Bhutto, 54, Who Weathered Pakistan's Political Storm for 3 Decades, Dies". His body was so mutilated that it could be identified only by the silver signet ring.


Benazir Bhutto died 12 years ago, see her life and times in pictures

Story Highlights; Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi after rally ; NEW: Interior Ministry says Bhutto died from gunshot wound to the neck NEW: Body being flown to.


Q&A Benazir Bhutto assassination BBC News

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھُٹو کا قتل) took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988-1990; 1993-1996) and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaqat.


IN PICS Remembering Pakistan's first woman Prime Minister Benazir

The body of murdered Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrived in her family village for burial. Thousands of mourners turned out as a military aircraft carrying the former prime minister.


Benazir Bhutto assassination How Pakistan covered up killing BBC News

Thu 27 Dec 2007 21.06 EST. The assassination of the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto last night triggered violent convulsions across the country, casting grave doubts on elections.


Bhutto returns hopeful, mindful of marred past

Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 - 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.