Sponsors







Pakistani Bloggers

Categories

open all | close all

Another Warning from the Grave

New Book Claims Musharraf Threatened Benazir and U.S. Spied on Her

Ron Suskind, author of The One Percent Doctrine, claims in a new book that Pervez Musharraf gave an ominous warning to the late Benazir Bhutto in a September 2007 phone conversation, telling her: “You should understand something…Your security is based on the state of our relationship.”  [Benazir spoke to Musharraf on her cell phone, while [...]

A Warning from the Grave

Benazir’s Handwritten Will

Provided above is a copy of what is said to be Benazir Bhutto’s handwritten will. Mark Siegel, Bhutto’s long-time confidante and DC lobbyist, tells Newsweek, “I know her style….She wrote this document.”
Arif Nizami, editor of The Nation, wrote three weeks ago:
“So far as the mini-controversy about the authenticity of Ms Bhutto’s will is [...]

Scotland Yard Says Head Injury Killed Benazir Bhutto

The team from Scotland Yard investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto released their final report today. Its two major conclusions: head trauma caused by the bomb blast killed Benazir Bhutto and the suicide bomber and the gunman were the same person.
The report states:
“Ms Bhutto’s only apparent injury was a major trauma to the right [...]

Musharraf: Elections Delayed till February 18; Britain to Assist in Investigation

In a national address this evening in Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf sought to legitimize the delay in elections announced earlier in the day. He attributed the polls delay–now slated for February 18–to the infrastructural damage in Sindh as a result of the violence following Bhutto’s murder. The election commission’s offices in the province, for [...]

Bhutto Was to Give U.S. Senator “Secret” Document on Day She Was Slain

CNN reports that Benazir Bhutto was to give U.S. officials a “secret” document on the day she was killed. The document details measures by which Pakistan’s intelligence services would allegedly rig the elections. Bhutto intended to give the dossier first to Sen. Arlen Specter then to presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
The [...]

Bilawal and Asif Zardari to Co-Chair the PPP

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari read the will of his mother, Benazir Bhutto, earlier today in Pakistan.  It designated his father, Asif Zardari, as chairman of the party, who then reportedly declined the position, offering it to Bilawal.  They will co-chair the party. 
Sherry Rehman, a leading PPP figure, has been on the record stating that Bilawal will [...]

After Bhutto: Who Will Lead the Pakistan People’s Party?

The murder of Benazir Bhutto has created a leadership vacuum within the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The populist, center-left party gained patrimonial colors after the execution of its founder, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, in 1979.
Party leadership passed on to his wife, Nusrat. However, their daughter, Benazir, would soon rise to center [...]

The Day After: Friday Round-Up

Benazir Bhutto laid to rest near her father in Garhi Khuda Baksh
Javed Iqbal Cheema, Interior Ministry spokesperson: Baitullah Mehsud Responsible for Bhutto’s Killing

Claims intelligence services intercepted Mehsud conversation at 9:15 AM PST today (Thursday, 11:15PM New York) in which he congratulated a person referred to as Maulvi Sahib (a title, not a name) on Bhutto’s [...]