Topic: Zia ul-Haq

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- There is a fresh and sordid postscript to Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Tainted by her husband Asif Ali Zardari's penchant for graft and corruption, Bhutto was twice fired as Prime Minister (1990 and 1996). Her closest friends now say she did not appoint Zardari to succeed her as party leader in case of death. The political testament Zardari read on television was his recent creation, not hers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on orders of lower- and middle-level officers of the Pakistani army and air force ,according to various intelligence sources, including members of India's counterintelligence service.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Benazir Bhutto embodied the best and worst of South Asian politics. She was a charismatic leader who inspired and gave hope to millions of her people, only to disappointment them with the difficult-to-shake stench of corruption; the first woman leader in a Muslim country, she was emblematic of the region's proclivity toward dynastic politics.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Suspects in the assassination of Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto number in the tens of thousands.

No sooner did Benazir Bhutto narrowly escape a two-man suicide bombing attack than she faced the next death threat of many more to come. Like paparazzi chasing down a celebrity, would-be assassins will be dogging her every step as she leads her Pakistan People’s Party in the coming election campaign to reclaim Pakistan’s prime ministership, from which she was deposed in 1990 and again in 1996.

KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto reportedly rampaged through Karachi, forcing shops to close.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Ghulam Ishaq Khan, a former president of Pakistan, was buried Friday a few hours after his death at age 91.

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, June 17 (UPI) -- A separatist leader in Pakistani-administered Kashmir has alleged that Pakistan's intelligence agency first trained Kashmiri militants in the late 1980s.

KARACHI, Pakistan, April 12 (UPI) --

BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan, Dec. 13 (UPI) --