He's carrying the torch of opposition in Pakistan

After Bhutto's slaying, Nawaz Sharif casts himself as the one to lead the charge against archenemy Musharraf. But the former premier faces an uphill fight -- at home and in Washington.

As this country's political opposition looks for a leader after last week's assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif may be the last man standing.And his eyes are fixed upon a single goal: to get rid of his archenemy, the man who kicked him out of office in a military coup more than eight years ago, President Pervez Musharraf.

Journalists arrested in Pakistan following Bhutto Assassination

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the arrests of journalists in Pakistan following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on December 27.The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), an IFJ affiliate, said that 10 journalists in Sindh province who were reporting on events related to Ms Bhutto’s death have been arrested under anti-terrorism and riot laws.

Pakistan president firmly denies conspiracy

Pervez Musharraf wants Scotland Yard to investigate Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

President Pervez Musharraf vehemently denied Thursday that Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies were behind Benazir Bhutto's killing and implied she was partly at fault.
Despite threats by militants, Bhutto poked her head out of the sunroof of her vehicle to greet supporters at an election rally, Musharraf said.

British antiterror team arrives in Pakistan to join Bhutto probe

British antiterror officers joined the investigation into Benazir Bhutto's assassination Friday, a day after Pakistan's U.S-allied president dismissed allegations his government may have had a hand in the slaying.
"The same military and intelligence agencies are using the same people who are attacking them? It's a joke," President Pervez Musharraf said at a media conference late Thursday.

Musharraf denies government involvement in Bhutto killing

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Thursday said there was no government involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto but admitted he was unsatisfied with the probe into her death.
For the first time since Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide attack that his government blamed on Al-Qaeda, he acknowledged reports that the crime scene had been quickly hosed down, possibly destroying evidence, after her murder.

U.S. has no good option in Pakistan

The assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed the Bush administration's last hope that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf could simultaneously defeat al-Qaida and the Taliban and return his country to democratic rule.