Benazir Bhutto

Bhutto assassination: UN team meets Pak officials

Bhutto assassination: UN team meets Pak officialsIslamabad, Apr. 9 : A United Nations team is holding meetings with Pakistan Interior Ministry officials and law enforcing agencies on the progress made in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.

According to The News, the team also discussed the expenses to be incurred on the proposed UN commission tasked with the responsibility of probing Bhutto's murder case.

Sources told Geo News that the initial estimate of the expenses has been made at Rs. 200 million.

Musharraf was ready to name Benazir as PM

Musharraf was ready to name Benazir as PMLahore, Mar. 10: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed has claimed that former president Pervez Musharraf was ready to name Benazir Bhutto the prime minister for the third time.

According to a private TV channel, Rasheed said Benazir was in contact with Musharraf prior to the signing the Charter of Democracy.

"The long march does not remain in the lawyers' hand now, as the politicians have joined the show," the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

Benazir-Musharraf conspired to keep Sharif away from Pakistan’s politics: former British envoy

London, Mar. 3 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief, Nawaz Sharif may have been disqualified by the Supreme Court, but his exclusion from Pakistan's political stage was likely scripted outside the country.

According to the former British high commissioner to Pakistan, Hilary Synnott, the United States and Britain, during the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf, hoped to revive democracy while maintaining Musharraf at the top.

This was the reason why both Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto were urged by both the nations to join hands despite their prolonged hostility.

Zardari targeting Benazir’s close aides considered threat to his supremacy

Zardari targeting Benazir’s close aides considered threat to his supremacyLondon, Feb. 19 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari considers his critics and supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, as rivals and a potential threat to his supremacy, a Telegraph report suggests.

Zardari has initiated disciplinary action against Dr Safdar Abbasi and his wife, Naheed Khan, a close associate of Bhutto, for their open criticism of his rule.

UN probe commission not to determine who killed Benazir

UN probe commission not to determine who killed BenazirUnited Nations, Feb 6 : The mandate of the UN commission that will probe the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto will not exceed six months and will not extend to conducting a criminal investigation, according to a UN letter.

I have details of 13-point agreement between Benazir-Musharraf: Rashid

I have details of 13-point agreement between Benazir-Musharraf: RashidLahore, Feb 6: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has claimed that he has details of a 13-point agreement between Benazir Bhutto and former President Pervez Musharraf.

Talking to a private TV channel, the former minister said one of the points was a proposal by the former PPP chairwoman, which asked Musharraf to restore sacked Chief Justice Ifitkhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

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