Pakistan

In her upcoming posthumous autobiography, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has fingered Hamza bin Laden, a 16-year-old son of the al Qaeda mastermind, as one of the "designated assassins" who was trying to kill her. more >>

Pakistan's Most Wanted Warlord

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - January 28, 2008

Baitullah Mehsud is blamed for suicide bombings in Afghanistan and Pakistan. more >>

Morning Buzz: Jan. 8, 2008

News Desk - January 8, 2008

Polls opened this morning at 6 o'clock in New Hampshire for the state's first-in-the-nation primaries. Reports from around the state indicate that voter turnout is already high; at one precinct, nearly 50 voters stood outside in the predawn hours before voting officially began. Yesterday, candidates spent much of their remaining time in a final push to lure independent and undecided voters. more >>

Bhutto Worried About 'Security Issues'

By Kevin Whitelaw and Aamir Latif - Nation & World - January 3, 2008

Calling in Scotland Yard won't stop the conspiracy theories over her death. more >>

A Mourning Nation Faces a Volatile Future

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - January 3, 2008

An election postponement adds to the pressures in the aftermath of Bhutto's assassination. more >>

Pakistan Needs Time to Take Stock

By Bonnie Erbe - To the Contrary - December 31, 2007

Benazir Bhutto speaks from the grave about her successor. more >>

An Appreciation: The Benazir Bhutto I Knew

By Joe Pascal - Nation & World - December 28, 2007

Joe Pascal, a close friend of Benazir Bhutto, relects on her character and contributions. more >>

Benazir Bhutto's Death Leaves a Political Void in Pakistan

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - December 28, 2007

A hoped-for democratic transition now is in jeopardy more >>

Musharraf Blames Terrorists for Benazir Bhutto's Murder

By Aamir Latif - Nation & World - December 27, 2007

The death of the popular political leader is a destabilizing blow to an already volatile nation. more >>

Benazir Bhutto's Tragic Death

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - December 27, 2007

Bhutto’s assassination is a reminder of the dangerous world we live in. more >>

The Revolt of the Lawyers

By Aamir Latif - Nation & World - November 16, 2007

Why judges, too, are joining the challenge to General Musharraf more >>

Morning Buzz: Nov. 15, 2007

News Desk - November 15, 2007

Last night House Democrats pushed through a $50 billion Iraq war funding bill that would mandate President Bush to start bringing troops home in the next few weeks, with the scheduled pullout to be finished in December 2008, just a month after the presidential election. more >>

Morning Buzz: Nov. 13, 2007

News Desk - November 13, 2007

This morning former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto urged President Pervez Musharraf to step down after she was put on house arrest for the second time in five days. The opposition leader said she would not be able to rule alongside Musharraf in the future because she could not trust him. Musharraf came to power in a 1999 coup and has been a valuable U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. more >>

Musharraf Tightens His Grip

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - November 10, 2007

A crucial ally delivers a setback for the U.S. 'freedom agenda' more >>

The Storm Over Pakistan

Opinion - November 10, 2007

Column by Fouad Ajami more >>

Pakistan's Bhutto Under House Arrest

News Desk - November 9, 2007

KARACHI, Pakistan—Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was put under house arrest today a few hours before she was to address a public protest against the imposition of emergency rule by the country's military leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. more >>

Morning Buzz: Nov. 9, 2007

News Desk - November 9, 2007

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was put under house arrest today and thousands of her supporters were rounded up by police in an effort to quash a mass protest against President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule. Musharraf suspended the Constitution last Saturday. more >>

Benazir Bhutto Tests Her Clout

News Desk - November 8, 2007

KARACHI, PAKISTAN—Pakistan's mainstream political parties have so far failed to offer much substantial resistance to the imposition of emergency rule, with the military regime largely successful at keeping the opposition parties divided. But Pakistani political analysts believe that the situation could change in the coming days as former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, perhaps the country's most popular opposition leader, appears to be losing patience with Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency powers and suspension of the Constitution. more >>

Biden Vows to Block Military Sales to Pakistan

News Desk - November 8, 2007

Calling the Bush administration's reaction to emergency rule in Pakistan inadequate, Sen. Joseph Biden, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that he is considering suspending sales of major weapons systems to Pakistan. more >>

Pakistan's Lawyers Take On Musharraf

News Desk - November 7, 2007

KARACHI, PAKISTAN—The state of emergency declared by Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has plunged the country into a judicial crisis as the lawyers fraternity—which has been leading street protests for the past five days—is pledging to boycott courts being led by Musharraf's replacement judges. more >>

U.S. Takes a Hit From Pakistan's Turmoil

News Desk - November 6, 2007

KARACHI, Pakistan—It might have been Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf who mounted what many Pakistanis are calling a "coup" against the country's judiciary when he declared a state of emergency and fired the nation's chief justice on Saturday. But Washington is receiving its share of the blame from a disappointed Pakistani public, many of whom had been rooting for the country's Supreme Court in its recent challenges to Musharraf's military rule. more >>

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