ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The president of Pakistan says he wants a South African-style truth and reconciliation commission to heal the rifts caused by the country's violent past.

WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- An adviser on South Asia to three U.S. presidents warns about the threat of a jihadist victory in Pakistan “as a real possibility in the foreseeable future.” It would also give terrorists a nuclear capability.

WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- On March 27 the Obama administration unveiled its strategic review of its Afghanistan-Pakistan policy and committed itself to increasing U.S. military forces in Afghanistan from its current level of 34,000 by up to 21,000 new troops over the next few months. An integral component of the new strategy, which has yet to be definitively addressed, is the issue of logistical support for the increased number of troops, particularly given the deterioration of re-supply routes transverse in Pakistan, along with the imminent ejection of the U.S. Air Force from its base in Manas, Kyrgyzstan.

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.