Everything you need to know about Benazir: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Benazir: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Islamabad, May 23 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that his government will continue the policy of reconciliation initiated by former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Rawalpindi, May 21 (ANI): Former Pakistan military chief and president Pervez Musharraf has been granted bail in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
Lahore, May 16 (ANI): Former Pakistan army chief and president Pervez Musharraf, who is being tried in a number of cases of serious nature and detained at his farmhouse sub-jail, will leave the country before the swearing-in of the new government, according to PML-Z chief and MNA-elect Ijazul Haq.
Rawalpindi, May 15 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has extended former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf's house arrest over the murder of former premier Benazir Bhutto until May 28, according to a prosecutor.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Pakistan has expelled The New York Times' Islamabad bureau chief just before the national elections.
Beijing, May 4 (Xinhua-ANI): Days after a court in Pakistan banned former President Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections for the rest of his life for abrogating constitution during the emergency in 2007, his party Friday announced boycott of the May 11 elections.
Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): The counsel of Pervez Musharraf has requested the Supreme Court to form a larger bench in the hearing of petitions seeking high treason proceedings against the former military chief and president.
Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen riding on motorcycles in Pakistan capital Islamabad killed a special prosecutor of the Federal Investigating Agency (FIA) who was probing the December 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Friday.
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Chaudhary Zulfiqar, a special prosecutor who had handled the Mumbai terror attack, was gunned down on a busy road here when he was driving to court for a hearing in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, police said. A woman passer-by was crushed as he lost control of the car.
Islamabad, May. 2 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said former premier Benazir Bhutto was not assassinated by the Taliban, but by the people who were worried that she was going to come into power.
Islamabad, May. 2 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has refused to soften his stance on former military chief and president Pervez Musharraf, saying he cannot forgive a person who harmed the country's integrity and economy.
Islamabad, May. 2 (ANI): Pakistan's Army Chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his return from exile.
Islamabad, May. 1 (ANI): Pakistan's former interior minister Rehman Malik has once again blamed former president Pervez Musharraf for not providing sufficient security to the assassinated PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.
Rawalpindi, Apr. 30 (ANI): The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has banned former president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf from politics for life.
Islamabad, April 30 (IANS) A court in Rawalpindi Tuesday ordered former president Pervez Musharraf to be sent to 14 days judicial remand in the case relating to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, a media report said.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday was ordered for a 14-day-long judicial remand by an anti-terrorist court in Rawalpindi in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. Earlier last week, Musharraf was sent on a physical remand by the court. Musharraf was under questioning by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) investigator in the high profile murder probe since then, reports The Dawn.
Islamabad, Apr. 30 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Ministry has expressed fear of kidnapping of former president Pervez Musharraf.
Rawalpindi, Apr. 30 (ANI): An anti-terrorist court in Rawalpindi has ordered a 14-day-long judicial remand for former president Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
Islamabad, Apr. 29 (ANI): The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is planning to interrogate Pakistan's former Interior Minister Rehman Malik in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
Islamabad, Apr. 28 (ANI): The questioning of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf during investigations by the four-member Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team in the Benazir Bhutto murder case may lead to some other important personalities on the basis of his replies.
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) A session of Pakistan's upper house of parliament, the Senate, has been summoned May 2 to discuss the progress in the trial of former president Pervez Musharraf on charges of treason.
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan Friday granted to investigators custody of former president Pervez Musharraf in the assassination case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, lawyers said.
Islamabad, Apr. 25 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court has issued orders to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf in Benazir Bhutto murder case.
Islamabad, Apr. 25 (ANI): Former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf is hopeful that his ordeal will end in few weeks time, his counsel barrister has said.
Islamabad, April 24 (Xinhua-ANI): A Pakistani court on Wednesday rejected bail of former President Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 assassination case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said.
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) A Pakistani court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of former president Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 assassination case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said.
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court, conducting the trial of suspects charged with involvement in the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Tuesday ordered that former president Pervez Musharraf be included in the investigation process.
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Pakistani's caretaker government Monday refused to initiate high treason proceedings against former president Pervez Musharraf, saying it has a limited mandate to hold elections and deal with routine affairs, reported Xinhua.
Islamabad, Apr. 22 (ANI): Pakistan's armed forces are turning restless on the treatment being meted out to Pervez Musharraf, according to the former army chief's counsel.
Islamabad, Apr. 17 (Xinhua-ANI): A court in Pakistan has extended the interim bail to former president Pervez Musharraf by a week in the case of the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, lawyers said.
Islamabad, Apr. 16 (ANI): Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, who is facing a barrage of legal cases over his time in power, has said that he had done nothing wrong but is ready to go to jail if the courts order it.
Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): The Rawalpindi anti-terrorist court has summoned all Benazir Bhutto murder case accused, including former leader Pervez Musharraf, for its upcoming hearing this month.
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Pakistan's top court Tuesday adjourned until April 15 hearing of petitions seeking high treason proceedings against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf as his defence lawyers sought more time to prepare a response to the charges against him, media reported.
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Leading Urdu poet, progressive writer and women's activist from Pakistan Fahmida Riaz has said that all three major political parties in her country seek friendly ties with India.
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) The nomination papers of Pakistan's former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for the upcoming general elections were rejected Friday from Kasur, one of the four parliamentary constituencies he is seeking to contest from.
Islamabad, Apr. 5 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for the coming general elections have been rejected by the Returning Officer in Kasur's NA-139 constituency.
Karachi, Apr. 1 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which swept the 2008 elections in its traditional stronghold of Sindh, largely due to the massive wave of sympathy generated by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, may be in for a fight this time.
Karachi, Apr. 1 (ANI): Around 2.77 million people belonging to religious minority communities across Pakistan will take part in the electoral process, not for their own representatives, but for Muslim candidates.
Islamabad, Mar. 31 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who returned to the country after four years of self-imposed exile in Dubai and London, has said that he felt "a little insulted and humiliated" standing before a judge in a Karachi court, where he appeared to seek extension of his pre-arrest bail in a series of cases.
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) Pakistan Saturday stopped former president Pervez Musharraf from leaving the country a day after a court ordered it.
Islamabad, Mar 30 (ANI): New details on threats against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, who soon expected to visit Islamabad, have created tensions in the state security apparatus, a report has said.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) A man hurled a shoe at former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf Friday in the Sindh High Court complex while he was leaving after his bail was extended by 15 days, a media report said.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Former president Pervez Musharraf's bail was extended for 15 days Friday by a Pakistani court, a media report said.
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) Former president Pervez Musharraf, who has ended four years of self exiles, says he wants to "save Pakistan" but his political future remains uncertain.
Islamabad, Mar. 25 (ANI): Major political parties seem to have warmed up to the arrival of former Pakistan president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who has ended his four-year self exile in Dubai.
Islamabad, March 25 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), having completed its five-year term in power recently, seemed to be facing a tussle over its election symbol and ownership, as the country's Election Commission was to take a decision over it Monday.
Karachi, Mar. 24 (ANI): Pakistan's former military ruler and President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday vowed to "save" the country at the risk of his life.
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): Reacting to the high-profile homecoming of former president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday, BJP has said his return would not usher any changes in Pakistan.
Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) Former president Pervez Musharraf returned to Pakistan Sunday after a self-exile for over four years to take part in the May parliamentary elections.
Islamabad, Mar. 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf returned home on Sunday after a self-exile for over four years to take part in the May 11 parliamentary elections.
Karachi, Mar. 24 (ANI): The Pakistani government should hold the country's former president Pervez Musharraf accountable for human rights violations when he returns to Pakistan, Human Rights Watch has said.
Dubai, Mar. 23 (ANI): Pakistan's former President General Pervez Musharraf confirmed on Saturday that he will be returning home despite facing criminal charges and death threats from the Taliban.
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) A court in Pakistan Friday granted protective bail to former president Pervez Musharraf who faces arrest in the country, just two days ahead of his expected return to Pakistan after nearly five years in self exile, a media report said.
Karachi, Mar. 22 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has filed an interim bail plea, two days before embarking on his journey back to Pakistan.
Islamabad, Mar. 21 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has cleared the final hurdle leading to his return to the country after almost five years of self-imposed exile, as the Interpol has turned down Pakistan's request for a red warrant against him.
Islamabad, Mar. 19 (ANI): The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) has said it would accord a 'historic' welcome to its Dubai-based chief, former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, upon his return to Pakistan after almost five years of self-imposed exile.
Washington, Mar. 17 (ANI): Former Pakistan President and ex-army chief Pervez Musharraf has announced on Saturday his return to the country - after almost five years of self-imposed exile - in order to lead his party in the upcoming elections.
Islamabad, Mar. 14 (ANI): Pakistani lawmaker Raza Rabbani has said that former Pakistan president and ex-army chief, General (retired) Pervez Musharraf, should be apprehended immediately and prosecuted under charges of treason upon his planned arrival in the country.
Islamabad, Mar. 13 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf will return home on March 24 after nearly four years of self-imposed exile in Dubai, in time to take part in a parliamentary election, his press aide has said.
Karachi, Mar. 10 (ANI): More than 20 Hindu couples in Pakistan got married at a mass wedding ceremony, arranged by Pakistan Hindu Council amidst apprehension, due to lack of law for registration of Hindu weddings in the country.
Rawalpindi, Mar. 3 (ANI): A key prosecution witness in the Benazir Bhutto murder case did not testify in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Rawalpindi on Saturday after receiving threats from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Islamabad, Mar 2 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court Saturday rejected an application against the confiscation of former president Pervez Musharraf's property and freezing of his bank accounts for his failure to appear before it in the murder case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, court officials said.
Islamabad, Mar 2 (ANI): The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has rejected Sehba Musharraf's plea calling for unfreezing assets of her husband Pervez Musharraf.
Islamabad, Mar 1 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will have to face courts for his involvement in a string of cases as plans to return to his home country ahead of parliamentary elections.
Islamabad, Mar 1 (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, currently living in exile in the UAE, announced Friday that he would return to his country later this month to take part in parliamentary elections, a media report said.
Islamabad, Feb 22 (ANI): Two main witnesses in former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's murder case have told the Anti-Terrorism Court that the crime scene was washed off after all necessary evidence were collected.
Islamabad, Feb 14 (ANI): The Lahore High Court has ordered an anti-terrorism court to complete the Benazir Bhutto murder case trial in three months.
Lahore, Feb. 13 (ANI): Pakistani barrister, Aitzaz Ahsan, has asked the Supreme Court to review its decision to disqualify former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani for five years for not writing a letter to the Swiss authorities, saying it was "unjust".
Islamabad, Feb. 11 (ANI): Former Pakistan premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the decision of Swiss authorities not to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari has confirmed his position that the president has immunity within and outside the country.
Dhaka, Feb 10 (IANS) Bangladesh has been put on high alert following the death of at least 95 people in India due to swine flu or A/H1N1, officials said Sunday.
Rawalpindi, Jan. 8 (ANI): An American journalist, who is a key witness in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, has refused to come to Pakistan to record his statement before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) citing security concerns.
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has directed officials of an income support programme to train 150,000 Pakistani youths in different trades and vocations and generate overseas jobs for them.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi has issued summons for Mark Siegel, a key witness in the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Islamabad, Dec 29 (ANI): Pakistan's Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that the 'forces', which had stopped Benazir Bhutto's post mortem were responsible for the lack of progress in the investigation into her assassination.
London, Dec 28 (ANI): Pakistan's slain prime minister Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal has vowed to fight militancy to maintain democracy.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (ANI): Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal will emerge as a successful politician of Pakistan, an American lobbyist, who was the slain prime minister's speech writer, has said.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (ANI): The Pakistan government has kept secret a 'strongly worded' letter of the UN written in reaction to the country's response to an inquiry report on Benazir Bhutto assassination, it has emerged.
Bilawal Bhutto, son of late Benazir Bhutto made a debut in the politics of Pakistan with an emotional speech and promise that he hand his party will bring prosperity in the country.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Bilawal Bhutto's political career has been launched but he was "now 'under training' rather than a full-fledged leader of the party", observed a Pakistani daily Friday.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Dismissing rumours about delay in the parliamentary elections, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to hold transparent and timely polls, Xinhua reported.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Thursday said Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is taking the helm of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), will "lead the caravan of the nation and democracy".
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in a highly emotional speech Thursday, asked all political parties to join hands to ensure peace, progress and prosperity in the country and fight against extremist elements.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that one of Benazir Bhutto's suspected killers was killed in a drone strike.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is co-chairman of the ruing PPP, is likely to hand over the party's leadership to his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the eve of the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto.
Islamabad, Dec. 25 (ANI): Pakistan has made remarkable progress in giving decision-making roles to women, according to a study by the Planning Commission.
Islamabad, Dec. 23 (ANI): The daughter of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has defiantly vowed that the country's anti-polio campaign would continue, despite the killing of nine health workers by extremists opposed to the vaccination programme.
Islamabad, Dec. 20 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has signed the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2012 into law, which aims to ensure that all children between five to 16 years of age are provided free education.
Islamabad, Dec. 18 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has been accused of having distributed millions of rupees of Intelligence Bureau (IB) funds among journalists to institute cases against rival politicians, the Supreme Court was told.
Islamabad, Dec 14 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who reached New Delhi on a goodwill visit to India, Friday invited Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a visit to Pakistan.
Islamabad, Dec 14 (ANI): The Pakistan government has dispatched another letter to the International Police (Interpol), requesting them to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf, who had been declared a prime accused in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
Islamabad, Dec. 12 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has vowed to bring to book the killers of Pakistan Peoples Party's leader Benazir Bhutto.
Rawalpindi, Dec. 9 (ANI): One of the five men accused in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case has filed a petition in a trial court in Rawalpindi to initiate contempt of court proceedings against state prosecution to stop them from making public details of the case.
Islamabad, Dec. 6 (ANI): An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan has said that the federal government does not require any court permission to make the investigation report and judicial proceedings into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, public.
Islamabad, Dec. 5 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Ministry has said it has requested the court to grant permission to publish the investigation report of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
Islamabad, Dec. 4 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he would reveal the names of the murderers of Benazir Bhutto and other little-known details of her assassination in his upcoming book.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who is a "proclaimed offender" in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, Saturday said he will go back to his country "at the right time" to break "the status quo."
Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Former Pakistani law minister Iqbal Haider Sunday died in a Karachi hospital following a lung ailment, a media report said. He was 67.
Islamabad, Nov. 8 (ANI): Following the Pakistan government's confirmation that it has sent a letter to the Swiss authorities in compliance with the Supreme Court's order, former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the move "vindicated" the stance that cost him his premiership.
London, Oct. 31 (ANI): The hospital treating Pakistani teen education campaigner Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban, had to turn away quite a number of Pakistani VIPs keen on spending time at her bedside, according to hospital staff.
Islamabad, Oct. 31 (ANI): The Pakistani Army labelled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto a "security risk" for the country in 1990, according to former Military Intelligence (MI) chief Brigadier Hamid Saeed.
