Tag: Benazir Bhutto
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Pervez Musharraf’s health deteriorates, rushed to hospital
The former president has been ill for a while now. He was earlier shifted to the hospital in January when he fell sick.
May 31, 2019 -
Bhutto murder: SC rejects petition seeking police officers’ bail suspension
They had been sentenced to 17 years in jail in 2017 for negligence in arranging security which subsequently led to the assassination of Bhutto, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief and a two-time Premier
October 5, 2018 -
Pakistan may find IMF conditions tough
And so it begins. The outlines of the shape of things to come are now appearing before Pakistan, starting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s latest remarks given in an interview that IMF “tax dollars” should not be used to bail out Chinese lenders. On the very same day that this interview was given, …
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August 4, 2018 -
Pakistan court orders Pervez Musharraf’s arrest
A special Pakistani tribunal has ordered the government to arrest former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and confiscate all his properties as it heard the high treason case against the “proclaimed offender” for imposing emergency rule in the country in 2007. The 74-year-old former president was indicted in March, 2014 on treason charges for imposing emergency …
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March 9, 2018 -
Pakistani Taliban claims Bhutto’s assassination in new book
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has for the first time claimed responsibility for the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in a new book in written by Taliban leader Abu Mansoor Asim Mufti Noor Wali. Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi shortly after she addressed an election rally on December 27, …
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January 15, 2018 -
Absconder Musharraf
There is a sinister strand that binds the deaths of father and daughter, separated though they were by a time-span of 28 years. While Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was sent to the gallows by the Army chief and President, General Zia-ul-Haq (4 April 1979), daughter Benazir’s assassination on 27 December 2007 remains mired in controversy even …
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September 4, 2017 -
Pervez Musharraf to face trial in Benazir Bhutto murder case
Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday denied any involvement in the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto but asserted that he will face trial in the case after he returns to the country “I have been framed in the Benazir Bhutto murder case by way of political victimisation, while I had nothing to …
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September 3, 2017 -
Zardari vows to appeal against Benazir murder case verdict
Former President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday vowed that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will appeal against the decision in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. Speaking to reporters after Eid prayers in Nawabshah city of Sindh province, Zardari expressed his dissatisfaction with the verdict in the murder case of his deceased wife. “We are not …
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September 2, 2017 -
Benazir Bhutto murder case verdict today
A Pakistani court is set to announce its verdict in the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday after about a decade, officials said. Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Asghar Ali Khan reserved the verdict on Wednesday after conducting day-to-day proceedings in the case, reports Dawn news. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Chief Prosecutor …
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August 31, 2017