January 10th 2008 – A suicide bomber has killed at least 22 policemen at the high court in Lahore in eastern Pakistan. This took place just before lawyers were about to protest the rule of President Musharraf.
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Thursday January 10, 2008
High court in Pakistan bombed, 22 killed.
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Tuesday January 8, 2008
Bhutto’s son asks UN to find out who killed his mother
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Bilawal Bhutto, the 19-year-old son of the murdered Benazir Bhutto, asked the United Nations to look into her murder. He does not trust the government.
He also said that it is America’s support for strongmen like Musharraf that causes extremism.
He is the head of his mother’s party, but his father runs its affairs day to day. Bilawal wants to be left alone to complete his studies at Oxford so that he can be more useful to his country.
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Wednesday January 2, 2008
Pakistan election to be held on February 18th
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January 2nd 2008 – Pakistan’s elections for parliament will be held on February 18th. They were to take place on January 8th but have been put off because Benazir Bhutto was killed.
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Sunday December 30, 2007
December 30th 2007 – Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son, Bilawal, will take over the leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). His father will be co-chairman of the party.
Saturday December 29, 2007
December 29th 2007 – No one knows who killed Benazir Bhutto. President Musharraf blames Al Qaeda, but Bhutto’s supporters say it was Musharraf or someone from inside military intelligence. The answer could determine how quickly the violence will go on.
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Friday December 28, 2007
December 28th 2007 – Violence and protest broke out all across Pakistan after Benazir Bhutto was killed. Some fear it will only get worse after her funeral on Friday afternoon.
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Thursday December 27, 2007
December 27th 2007 – Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, has been killed by a suicide bomber at an election rally in Rawalpindi.
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Sunday December 9, 2007
Sharif’s party will take part in elections
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Nawaz Sharif’s party, the PML-N, will take part in the January 8th elections. Earlier Sharif had been calling for all parties and voters to stay home and not take part. But since the Bhutto’s PPP will take part, they do not want to leave the field clear for them.
Both Bhutto and Sharif feel the elections will not be fair. The country is still under military rule, though Musharraf promises to end it on December 15th.
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Friday December 7, 2007
Bhutto’s election bid challenged in court
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Benazir Bhutto’s election bid has been challenged in court. By law anyone convicted of a crime, like Bhutto herself, is not allowed to stand for election.
Nawaz Sharif’s bid was blocked earlier in the week for the same reason.
If both are blocked, then their parties are likely to tell everyone not to vote in next month’s elections. The elections will then become pointless.
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Monday December 3, 2007
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, leaders of the two main democratic parties in Pakistan, met today for the first time since returning to Pakistan. They are talking about whether or not to take part in the elections for parliament on January 8th.
Sharif says that such elections cannot be fair so long as Musharraf remains in power. Bhutto disagrees, but many think she has made a secret deal with Musharraf.
General Musharraf overthrew Sharif when he was last prime minister in 1999.
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