A changing of the guard, not dynasties Feb 5, 2008
This, even when the people see through Benazir's husband, Asif Zardari's political cunning, of giving Bilawal the middle Bhutto name even before Benazir's body had become cold in the family graveyard at Larkana, in southern Pakistan. Bilawal would do well to finish his studies at Oxford, something he has promised himself as well as the people of Pakistan. (Asia Times Online)
Have patience, Musharraf tells West Jan 22, 2008
Mr. Sarkozy had dispatched his Foreign Minister to Pakistan immediately after Benazir Bhutto s assassination to condole with her family but the Minister was prevented from going to Larkana or visiting her tomb by authorities who cited security reasons. Mr. Kouchner was also unable to meet the Bhutto family. (Hindu)
Seeks West`s help for democracy, No decision on PM candidate yet Jan 14, 2008
Separately, addressing the PPP Sindh Executive Council in Naudero, Zardari showed the will of Benazir to council members, Daily Times reporter GM Khuhro reported from Larkana. Zardari said the PPP had not signed any deal with the government, adding the question of working with President Pervez Musharraf would be decided after winning the elections, Online reported. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
'Real' Bhutto heir denounces family business Jan 13, 2008
Benazir, meanwhile, derided Ghinwa as a belly dancer and disputed her inheritance of the family homes in Karachi and Larkana. It was not a pleasant relationship we had at all, Fatima said. (Times Online)
Fatima Bhutto Jan 11, 2008
They offered a simple dinner - pizza in the box - with apologies: they had just returned from their ancestral home in Larkana, 200 miles to the north, further up the Indus river, where they had been visiting prisoners in the local female jail ... In the wake of Benazir's death I found Ghinwa, Fatima and her 17-year-old brother, Zulfikar Ali junior, at the Bhutto ancestral home in Larkana, a 20-minute drive from Benazir's grave ... Soon Fatima and her mother will return to Larkana, to continue... (Guardian Unlimited)
Heir in the glareTesting questions 'bring out the Benazir' in killed leader's son Jan 9, 2008
The heir to the Bhutto name who hurried through the torrential rain of west London to the basement of a modest boutique hotel within sight of Kensington Gardens was technically en route from the family home in Larkana to his rooms at Christ Church College, Oxford. But such is the media pressure for insight and access to understand more about Bilawal that his mother's London-based political advisers urged that he start understanding the realities of public life - like it or not. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Bhutto's death exposes regional rivalries in fragile Pakistan republic Jan 9, 2008
"After all this they are asking us to calm down ... why should we?" asked Pir Bakhsh Jhakrani, a messenger in his 50s living in Larkana, the Bhutto clan's stronghold. "Those ruling the country should stop conspiring against Sindh if they want to keep the country intact.". (International Herald Tribune)
The Bhutto file: Will we ever know the truth? Jan 8, 2008
With Ms Bhutto's body having been loaded on a plane to be flown for burial at her ancestral family home near the town of Larkana, her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, was asked if he wanted a post-mortem examination. In the shocked, early hours of that morning, he declined and shortly afterwards Ms Bhutto was buried alongside her father, Zulifikar Ali Bhutto, another former prime minister of Pakistan. (Independent)
PPP condemns cases against party workers Jan 8, 2008
LARKANA, Jan 6: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Sunday condemned the registration of 2,500 criminal cases against 250,000 party workers and termed it pre-poll rigging. This was the consensus of party leaders as the provincial chapter of the Sindh Council of the PPP met in Naudero on Sunday for the first time after Benazir Bhuttos assassination. (Pakistan Dawn)
Bhutto interview runs as if she were alive Jan 7, 2008
Sheehy, the best-selling author of books including Passages and Hillarys Choice, spent several days with Bhutto in late November at her hometown of Larkana, Siegel said. Parade, published by Parade Publications, is distributed by Sunday newspapers including the Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. (MSNBC -- International)
Pakistan's Plight Jan 6, 2008
Asif Ali Zardari, husband of Pakistan's slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto shows the will of his wife during a news conference in Naudero, near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil). (CBS News)
Raghu Krishnan: Hope floats with '08 Jan 6, 2008
And, yet, the resilience of the people of Pakistan was demonstrated in live footage of the post-assassination press-conference in Benazirs ancestral home in Larkana where party workers were heard chanting Kal bhi Bhutto zinda tha/Aaj bhi Bhutto zinda hai//Ghar, ghar se Bhutto nikalega/Tum kitne Bhutto maaroge. The slogan was coined when Benazirs father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged in 1979 at the instance of Pakistans then military dictator Zia-ul-Haq. (India Times)
The House of Bhutto: A family at war in a divided country Jan 6, 2008
Benazir's uncle Mumtaz, 73, is the clan patriarch who presides like a feudal lord over serfs and servants in the ancestral town of Larkana ... In an article after Benazir's death, headlined "Young Bhuttos proving wiser than their elders", Pakistan's The News wrote that the Bhutto offspring drew closer through their shared mourning in Larkana, where Benazir was laid to rest beside her slain father. (Independent)
Remembering the Compassion of Bhutto Jan 5, 2008
Ghinwa Bhutto, estranged sister-in-law of Benazir Bhutto, sits surrounded by pictures of her husband Murtaza Bhutto, left, and Benazir Bhutto, at her residence in Larkana, Pakistan on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. As the House of Bhutto copes with its latest violent death, there is growing hope Benazir Bhutto's killing could help mend old strains in Pakistan's virtual royal family as it seeks to extend its political dynasty and lead the country away from military rule. (Townhall.com)
Bhutto last hope for many, despite her failings Jan 4, 2008
I had arrived at Larkana, in the flat and fertile rural Sindh landscape, on a night train from Karachi, getting off at the station before dawn and finding a pony cart to take me to the Bhutto mansion ... They included higher taxes on large feudal estates, like those of the Bhuttos at Larkana. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* Consumers pay dire price after Bhutto assassination Jan 3, 2008
A Pakistani man rides his donkey cart past the burnt-out building of a private telecom company that was torched by angry protesters in the wake of the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Larkana, Pakistan, yesterday. PHOTO: AFP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Musharraf asks Scotland Yard to probe Bhutto death Jan 3, 2008
A supporter of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto prays at her grave in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. (AP / Shakil Adil). (CTV.ca)
Musharraf seeks British help in Bhutto investigation Jan 3, 2008
Female supporters of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto pray at her grave in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana, Pakistan on Wednesday. "We have decided to take part in the election," said Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto's husband and now the leader of her Pakistan People's Party. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Opposition urges Musharraf to step down Jan 3, 2008
A supporter of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto prays at her grave in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 ... Supporters of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto pray at her grave in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 ... Asif Ali Zardari, husband of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, thanks supporters who visited his residence to offer condolences in Naudero, near Larkana, Pakistan, Wednesday,... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Up to 25 militants dead in Pakistan's Waziristan Jan 2, 2008
Supporters of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto attend a condolence meeting in Larkana January 1, 2008. Pakistan plans to postpone next week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil in. (AlertNet)
Rivalries tear at Benazir's legacy Jan 2, 2008
Until recently, they were campaigning for a seat in Larkana, the heartland of Bhutto power. Fatima had tried to avoid living in the shadow of her more famous aunt. (Guardian Unlimited)
The Impotent Hegemon Jan 1, 2008
Soldiers patrol in troubled Larkana, hometown of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, in Pakistan Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Election officials recommended Monday that parliamentary polls scheduled for Jan. 8 be delayed for an unspecified period following unrest triggered by the assassination of Bhutto. (Townhall.com)
Pakistan delays election decision Jan 1, 2008
Bilawal was chosen to take over the PPP leadership from his late mother at a meeting in the party stronghold of Naudero, near Larkana in the south of the country. Bilawal, who will be a titular head while he finishes his studies at Oxford University, said: "My mother always said democracy is the best revenge.". (Yahoo News -- Pakistan)
Readers react to succession Jan 1, 2008
AIJAZ SHAIKH, 33, BANKER, LARKANA/KARACHI ... I am from Larkana, the same city as the Bhutto dynasty. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistan elections facing delay Jan 1, 2008
Asif Ali Zardari, left, husband of slain former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, addresses a news conference with his son Bilawal Zardari, top, as Bilawal was nominated Chairman of Bhutto's People's party in Naudero near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Separately, a senior government official predicted the elections would be postponed by "six weeks or so as the environment to hold free and fair elections is not conducive." The official spoke on condition of anonymity... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A complex family history, unfolding in public Jan 1, 2008
Bhutto's house in the town next door, called Larkana, had gone to his firstborn son, Bhutto's brother Murtaza, and was named after him Al Murtaza. Today in Asia - Pacific. (International Herald Tribune)
US gave Bhutto info about threats Jan 1, 2008
Soldiers patrol in troubled Larkana, hometown of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, in Pakistan Monday, Dec. 31, 2007 ... Bilawal Zardari, son of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who has been nominated Bhtto's People's Party chairman, sits by the grave of his mother with his sister Asifa, in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh near Larkana, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Pakistan Polls 'Impossible' on Jan. 8 Jan 1, 2008
com - Rapid City, South Dakota's News Leader. By SADAQAT JAN Tuesday, January 01, 2008. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Musharraf needs to fear a PML-PPP alliance in Pakistan. Jan 1, 2008
Sharif said he had visited Larkana and was deeply affected after the assassination of PPP chief Benazir Bhutto. He also stated that he will not leave PPP alone at this crucial juncture. (India Times, India)
Bhutto's son, husband to succeed her Dec 31, 2007
Asif Ali Zardari (left) widower of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, gestures along side their son Bilawal during Bhutto's burial at her family's mausoleum, in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana, Pakistan on Friday. MORE ON BHUTTO: Stories. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Bhutto's son named as successor Dec 31, 2007
Mr Zardari and his son were speaking at a news conference after a meeting of the PPP leadership in Naudero, near Larkana in southern Pakistan. PPP TOP LEADERS. (Yahoo News -- Pakistan)
Bhutto party to decide whether to run Dec 30, 2007
Nearly deserted streetsArmy, police and paramilitary troops patrolled the nearly deserted streets of Bhutto's home city of Larkana, where rioting left shops at a jewelry market smoldering ... Burned out vehicles littered the road from Larkana to Karachi, and hundreds of people tried to hitch rides along the route. (MSNBC -- Race)
Bhutto Assassin in Video Images? Dec 30, 2007
Army, police and paramilitary troops patrolled the nearly deserted streets of Bhutto's home city of Larkana, where rioting left shops at a jewelry market smoldering. Sharif led a 47-member delegation of other opposition leaders to meet with Bhutto's family to express condolences, said Sadiq ul-Farooq, spokesman for Sharif's party. (Fox News)
Rejects Help in Probe... Dec 30, 2007
(AP) A soldier of Pakistan para-military force stands guard in the troubled city of Larkana, a hometown ... AP reporters Zarar Khan in Larkana, Sadaqat Jan and Munir Ahmad in Islamabad, Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan and Afzal Nadeem and Ashraf Khan in Karachi contributed to this report. (The Drudge Report)
Musharraf cracks down on rioters Dec 30, 2007
The shells of burned cars littered the deserted streets of Ms Bhutto's home city of Larkana on Saturday, after overnight rioting. Interior ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said rioting across the country had destroyed 176 banks, 72 train cars and 18 railway stations, while at least 100 prisoners had been sprung from jails. (Yahoo News -- Pakistan)
Face to faceBBC's Owen Bennett Jones remembers Benazir Bhutto Dec 30, 2007
It must be eight years ago now - in the cavernous hall of Benazir Bhutto's ancestral home in Larkana, Sindh, southern Pakistan - her political base, her vote bank ... On the outer fringes of the throng around Benazir Bhutto that night in Larkana eight years ago were the local villagers who had somehow blagged their way in. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Militants deny killing Bhutto Dec 30, 2007
Paramilitary Pakistani troops patrol neighborhood in Larkana on Saturday ... Army, police and paramilitary troops patrolled the nearly deserted streets of Bhutto's home city of Larkana, where rioting left shops at a jewelry market smoldering. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Angry protests continue in Pakistan Dec 30, 2007
Elsewhere, armed men killed a Bhutto supporter returning from prayers at the former Pakistani prime minister's tomb in Larkana in Sindh province early on Saturday. Security forces also shot dead two other activists from Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) party after a group attempted to force its way into an oilfield near Hyderabad. (Aljazeera.Net)
Blame game begins amid fury Dec 30, 2007
LARKANA, PAKISTAN The Pakistani government was accused of a cover-up yesterday after saying Benazir Bhutto died from hitting her head and wasn't shot or hit by shrapnel in the suicide attack it blamed on al-Qaeda. As the two-time former prime minister was buried, violence erupted across Pakistan, with gun battles raging in major cities, and buildings and cars torched by angry supporters of her Pakistan People's Party. (Globe and Mail)
Bhutto Supporters Allege Cover-Up Dec 30, 2007
Army, police and paramilitary troops patrolled the nearly deserted streets of Bhutto's home city of Larkana, where rioting left shops at a jewelry market smoldering. The government blamed Bhutto's killing on al Qaeda and Taliban militants operating with increasing impunity in the lawless tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Blame For Bhutto Killing Is Debated Dec 30, 2007
Army, police and paramilitary troops patrolled the nearly deserted streets of Bhutto's home city of Larkana, where rioting left shops at a jewelry market smoldering ... Burned out vehicles littered the road from Larkana to Karachi, and hundreds of people tried to hitch rides along the route. (WTKR.com, VA)
Bhutto Laid to Rest in Family Tomb; Pakistan Troops Deploy to Quell Riots Dec 30, 2007
As news of Bhutto's assassination spread, protesters poured onto the streets and set fire to cars, banks and government offices in Karachi, Larkana, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and dozens of towns in Sindh province ... Pakistan's military deployed troops in Larkana and the southern towns of Shahdadkot and Rohri, army spokesman Waheed Arshad said in a phone interview ... Sharif postponed traveling to Larkana today after Bhutto's husband advised him not to attend the burial because of security concerns,... (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Focus: After Benazir Dec 30, 2007
Report by Declan Walsh in Larkana and Jason Burke ... The violence has been bloodiest in the southern provinces where Bhutto had her power base, not least her home city of Larkana, where businesses were put to the torch and weapons stores looted yesterday ... The grim tableau of teary supporters and charred vehicles in Larkana yesterday was a far cry from the bright scenes just over two months ago, when she stood at the door of her aircraft in Karachi, breathing in the warm Pakistani air for the... (Guardian Unlimited)
Bhutto's husband, teen son to lead party Dec 30, 2007
Asif Ali Zardari, left, husband of slain Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto attends party meeting with his daughters Asifa, right, and Bakhtawar, second from right, at Bhutto's residence in Naudero, near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 ... Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto mourn at the grave of their leader in Garhi Khuda Bakhash near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Bhutto Aides Reject Government Claim Dec 30, 2007
Army, police and paramilitary troops patrolled the nearly deserted streets of Bhutto's home city of Larkana, where rioting left shops at a jewelry market smoldering. Musharraf called Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, promising to make every effort to bring the attackers to justice, state-run Pakistan Television reported. (Newsmax)
Bhutto's Party Rejects Government Blame of Al-Qaeda as Riots Rock Pakistan Dec 29, 2007
Sharif plans to travel to Larkana today to condole with Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and her three children, his party spokesman Siddique-ul-Farooq said yesterday. President George W. Bush asked Pakistanis ``to honor Benazir Bhutto's memory by continuing with the democratic process for which she so bravely gave her life. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
14 dead as Bhutto supporters lash out Dec 29, 2007
Emotional scenes were witnessed in the Benazir familys pocket borough of Larkana, where the PPP supporters carrying banners of their leader attacked government offices, damaged vehicles and removed posters and banners of the ruling PML-Q.. There were also protests in many parts of the politically crucial Punjab province, including Lahore. (India Times)
Bhutto laid to rest as mobs rampage through nearby town Dec 29, 2007
But the scene was peaceful compared with nearby Larkana, where police disappeared and mobs took control, torching buildings and cars ... Few cars dared venture into the streets around Larkana, which angry young men burning tires had turned into a danger zone ... Larkana lies in the heart of Sindh province. (Anchorage Daily News)
Pakistan government skips autopsy, shifts story on how Bhutto died Dec 29, 2007
LARKANA, Pakistan Violence and recriminations grew Friday over the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, as Pakistan's government changed its account of how she died while her supporters charged that the government withheld personal protection she'd requested. As deadly protests continued to rage on Pakistan's streets, the country's Interior Ministry said that Bhutto buried Friday without an autopsy had died after she was thrown against the lever of her car's sunroof,... (Anchorage Daily News)
Benazir buried beside her father Dec 29, 2007
According to local media, banks, petrol stations and even two weapons stores had been looted or torched in nearby Larkana. Nationally the mood was equally dark. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Slide show | Benazir Bhutto buried but not forgotten Dec 29, 2007
Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto surround their leader's dead body in an ambulance upon arrival for burial at her ancestral grave yard in Gari Khuda Bux near Larkana, Pakistan on Friday ... Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto mourn their leader's death during Bhutto's burial at her ancestral graveyard in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh near Larkana, Pakistan on Friday ... People carry the coffin of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for... (The Miami Herald)
More than 30 dead in Bhutto protests in Pakistan Dec 29, 2007
A Reuters reporter travelling from Karachi to Bhutto's home district of Larkana, where she was buried, saw hundreds of smouldering shops and vehicles. Many protesters shouted slogans against Musharraf, Bhutto's old rival. (AlertNet)
Grief and angerMourners in Bhutto heartland turn anger on President Musharraf Dec 29, 2007
By Catherine Miller BBC News, Larkana, Pakistan ... As dusk fell the mourners returning from Benazir Bhutto's funeral streamed along the road from Larkana ... In Larkana itself, groups of men still hung around by the crossroads as the evening call to prayer sounded out. (BBC News -- South Asia)
'Like a civil war'Pakistanis fear descent into chaos after Bhutto assassination Dec 29, 2007
Many have left the town to go to Larkana where she will be buried. After morning prayers, I know there will be big problems in the city. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Scarred KarachiTurmoil in the capital of Benazir Bhutto's home province Dec 29, 2007
On Friday morning, nothing moved in the city, frustrating my attempts to get to Larkana, over 600km (370 miles) north of Karachi and the nearest city to Ms Bhutto's village, Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, to report on her funeral ... My attempt to catch a flight chartered by Ms Bhutto's PPP party to take her sister, Sanam Bhutto, to Larkana, came too late ... The BBC Urdu service's correspondent in Larkana, Nisar Khokhar, says that tens of thousands of people had gathered at the site by the time the... (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistan blames terrorists for Bhutto's death Dec 29, 2007
People carry the coffin of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for burial at her ancestral grave yard in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh near Larkana, Pakistan. PROFILE. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Dozens killed in Pakistan protests Dec 29, 2007
Troops were also sent to the cities of Larkana, Sukkur, Shahdad Kot and Rohri in Sindh. Major-General Waheed Arshad, a Pakistani military spokesman, said: "Troops have been pre-positioned in these cities. "Troops will remain present in these cities and assist local authorities in case of any eventuality. (Aljazeera.Net)
Bhutto is mourned as Pakistan reels Dec 29, 2007
Supporters of Benazir Bhutto surrounded the ambulance carrying her body upon its arrival for burial at her ancestral grave yard in Gari Khuda Bux near Larkana, Pakistan, on Friday. (Shakil Adil/The Associated Press). (International Herald Tribune)
Nawaz Sharif to visit Bhutto tomb Dec 29, 2007
The shells of burned cars littered the deserted streets of Ms Bhutto's home city of Larkana on Saturday, after overnight rioting. Ms Bhutto was buried on Friday at her family's marble mausoleum. (BBC News)
Assassin strikes at heart of Pakistan's futurePakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto killed in suicide attack at campaign rally Dec 29, 2007
Hours later, supporters carried Bhutto's body out of the hospital in a plain wooden coffin and sent it for burial in her ancestral home near the southern city of Larkana. Bhutto, who was married with three children, had returned to Pakistan from nearly a decade in exile on Oct. 18, and her homecoming parade in Karachi was also targeted by a suicide attacker, who killed more than 140 people. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Ian Jack: The Bhutto I knew Dec 29, 2007
As a young girl, Benazir is travelling by train with her mother from Karachi to the ancestral home, Larkana, when her mother produces a burka. " 'You are no longer a child,' she told me with a tinge of regret - I passed from childhood into the world of the adult. But what a disappointing world it turned out to be. The colours of the sky, the grass, the flowers were gone, muted and greyish. Everything was blurred by the pattern over my eyes - shut off from whatever breeze there might be, the... (Guardian Unlimited)
The princess who wowed Junagadh Dec 29, 2007
He later shifted to Larkana in Sindh province. To remember the place they belonged to, Khudabaksh kept his surname as 'Bhattu' which later became 'Bhutto. (India Times, India)
Turmoil grips Pakistan Dec 28, 2007
Within hours of her death, Bhutto's body, placed in a plain wooden coffin, was put aboard a flight for her hometown, the southern city of Larkana. Bhutto will be buried in the family's ancestral village of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh this afternoon, said Nazir Dkhoki, a spokesman for Bhutto's party. (Boston Globe)
Last journey Dec 28, 2007
The coffin was loaded into an ambulance to be taken to a plane for the journey south to Larkana in Ms Bhutto's ancestral province of Sindh. The Bhutto family's ancestral graveyard in Ghari Khuda Baksh, Larkana, is dominated by the mausoleum of Benazir's father, former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. (BBC News)
Benazir Bhutto killed in attack Dec 28, 2007
Ms Bhutto's coffin was removed from hospital in Rawalpindi and has now arrived by plane in Sukkur in Sindh province for burial in her home town, Larkana. Extremist groups have in their sights all those committed to democratic processes in Pakistan. (BBC News)
