Protesters chant slogans against Pervez Musharraf at a rally demanding reinstatement of the deposed chief justice. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudry claims he is still the legal head of the Supreme Court and says the election defeat of President Pervez Musharraf's allies, is the end of "one-man rule."
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Nawaz Sharif waves to supporters during an election public-meeting in Sanghla-Hill, Lahore on February 8, 2008. The elections slated for January-8 were delayed due to the unrest following the assassination of Benazir-Bhutto.
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Scottish actor Atta-Yaqub, star of the controversial film Fond Kiss..., Ae, goes on a journey to discover the cosmopolitan city of Karachi in Pakistan.
> Karachi Uncovered: Part one - Part two
A 15-year-old detained near the Afghan border has confessed to joining a team of assassins sent to kill Benazir-Bhutto, officials said on Saturday.Police also announced they had foiled new suicide attacks against the country's Shiite-minority.
In the southern city of Karachi, meanwhile, the police chief said officers detained five men with explosives, detonators and a small quantity of cyanide intended for attacks on this week's Shiite Muslim festival of Ashura.
Via Time-Magazine
Differences between Pakistan's Sunni-majority and Shia-minority go back to the schism following the prophet's death. But in the past two decades those differences have been manifest in repeated-violence.
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Those who split up their Religion, and become (mere) Sects,- each party rejoicing in that which is with itself! (The Romans - Verse 32)
Zia's legacy >Most sectarian violence in Pakistan takes place in the province of Punjab and the country's commercial capital, Karachi.
There have also been outbreaks in Quetta.
Musharraf is not the only Pakistani leader to have such-problems. Most analysts agree it began in 1979, when Zia ul-Haq began Islamicising Pakistani politics.
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Scottish actor Atta-Yaqub, star of the controversial film Fond Kiss..., Ae, goes on a journey to discover the cosmopolitan city of Karachi in Pakistan.
> Karachi Uncovered: Part one - Part three
A bomb blast in the Pakistani city of Karachi has killed at-least 10.Police say at least 50 others were wounded when a bomb planted on a parked motorcycle went off Monday in the city's Quaidabad area. It is not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
The attack comes just-days after troops killed a number of militants in a tribal area near South-Waziristan, targetting Taleban and Al-Qaeda safe havens.
Via VOA
Heart-rending depiction of the deep-anguish of a Bengali; separated from his mother-land. Echoes of Jibanada-Das bellows vividly in the back-ground.
> Way Back Home: Part one
Heart-rending depiction of the deep-anguish of a Bengali; separated from his mother-land. Echoes of Jibanada-Das bellows vividly in the back-ground.
> Way Back Home: Part two
Scottish actor Atta-Yaqub, star of the controversial film Fond Kiss..., Ae, goes on a journey to discover the cosmopolitan city of Karachi in Pakistan.
> Karachi Uncovered: Part two - Part three
A suspected militant walked into a crowd of police guarding a courthouse and blew himself up, killing 24 others in an attack, the first in Pakistan since the assassination of Benazir-Bhutto.
"There was a huge bang," said Munrian Bibi, 60, a school cleaner caught in the blast as she headed home from work. "I saw people falling on ground crying for help. I don't know what saved my life from that hell," she said.
There was no claim of responsibility. The government has blamed previous attacks on so-called Islamic radicals. Bhutto's supporters have-questioned whether elements within the government may have played a role.Via AP
Mr Dilshad told reporters that protests had directly affected the organisation of the poll in some parts of the country. "We will inform the political parties about the situation in Sindh where our 13 offices were burnt," he said.There are no grounds whatsoever for delaying the elections.
Raza Rabbani, deputy secretary general, PPP
India's stock market dipped slightly the morning after the killing with investors concerned about instability in the region. By the afternoon, it had resumed its climb.India put its troops on a higher state of alert after the emergency was declared and again after the Bhutto-killing.
"The general confidence level in India is much higher," said C. Uday Bhaskar, a prominent New Delhi-based defense analyst.A continuing peace process between India and Pakistan since 2004 also done much to reduce India's anxiety over the possibility of a Pakistani attack.
"Our greatest fear is the large scale movement of terrorist activities through Pakistan," said retired Gen. Ashok Mehta, a strategic analyst in New Delhi.In an attempt to strengthen democracy and stability in Afghanistan, India has donated some $750 million to reconstruction efforts since the Taleban fell, according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, making it the third-largest donor.
Newly-appointed chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of slain former premier Benazir-Bhutto watches his father Asif Ali Zardari (L) speak during a press conference in Naudero, 30 December.
The son of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was chosen to take the mantle of her party and immediately vowed to keep up what he called her struggle for democracy. At an emotional news conference where his father was named co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the 19-year-old Bilawal Bhutto, an Oxford-University student untested in politics, said he was ready to lead.
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After a look at recent NewsHour interviews with Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan experts and former colleagues of the late prime minister reflect on her political career, including her election as the first female prime-minister in 1988.
> Benazir Bhutto - Experts Reflect - Part one
After a look at recent NewsHour interviews with Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan experts and former colleagues of the late prime minister reflect on her political career, including her election as the first female prime-minister in 1988.
> Benazir Bhutto - Experts Reflect - Part two
Pakistan Peoples Party information secretary Sherry-Rehman, who was riding in the car behind Bhutto's when it was attacked, called the government's conclusion that Bhutto was not shot "the most bizarre-nonsense."
