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Pak court adjourns Benazir Bhutto killing case till June 11

May 28, 2013

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today adjourned the hearing of the 2007 Benazir Bhutto assassination case without any proceedings till June 11 after investigators sought more time to submit the final challan or chargesheet. #NewsTracker #Benazir Bhutto #Chaudhry Zulfiqar
Musharraf gets bail in Bhutto murder case, but still in house arrest

May 20, 2013

Musharraf, who is currently being held at his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, was arrested shortly after he returned to Pakistan in March to lead his All Pakistan Muslim League party in the general election. #World #Pakistan #NewsTracker #Pervez Musharraf #Benazir Bhutto
26/11 Mumbai case: Trial of Pak suspects adjourned till 25 May

May 18, 2013

The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned till 25 May as the judge was on leave. #Pakistan #26/11 #Pervez Musharraf #Benazir Bhutto #Federal Investigation Agency #Rehman Lakhvi

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Qadri exposes the utopian idea of Pakistan

Jan 20, 2013

Pakistan has the same problems as India - poverty, illiteracy and corruption (in that order). We can add perhaps two additional ones, a lack of religious diversity in society that inclines it towards extremism and, because of this, a lack of pluralism in law. #Pakistan #Benazir Bhutto #InMyOpinion #Asif Ali Zardari #Tahir-ul-Qadri

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Omission of Benazir’s name sparks protest

2013-06-12 21:02:00

ISLAMABAD, June 12: In an apparent bias and legal deviation, new Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, in his budget speech on Wednesday, deleted the name of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto from the title of an income support programme for millio #Benazir Bhutto #Pakistan #Nawaz Sharif
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Pakistan holds suspect in federal prosecutor's shooting death

2013-06-17 10:16:00

Police in Pakistan have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a senior public prosecutor who was investigating the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. ISLAMABAD, June 17 (UPI) -- Police in Pakistan have arrested a suspect in the shooting #Benazir Bhutto #Pakistan #Pervez Musharraf
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Zardari `cleanâ€™ man after Swiss refusal to re-open money laundering case

2013-06-19 07:02:00

Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has become a 'clean' man in a 60 million dollars money-laundering case after the Swiss Government refused to re-open the case. The Swiss Government had sent a letter to the PML-N Government informing about t #Asif Ali Zardari #Pakistan #Switzerland

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