Rawalpindi, Pakistan: December 27, 2007 - Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed by a gun and bomb attack after she was returning from her rally which addressed here today.

President Bush has spoken on the TV and expressed sorrow on the death of Bhutto and hope democratic set up shall prevail in Pakistan.

President Musharraf gave a message on TV to the country that he was extremely shocked on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and vowed that he would do his best to crush the terrorists who are creating disunity and disturbance in  Pakistan.

Bhutto had time and again warned the Government that her life was in danger and some influential persons in the govt. of Parvez Musharraf .

The whole Pakistan is afired.  People are angry, riots everywhere, setting ablaze the houses, the vehicles and the govt. property.

It looks that President Musharraf is in very much trouble.  If he postpones the 8 Jan elections, he will be in trouble and if he does not he is in trouble.  An acid test for Musharraf.  He appeal for peace, no results, people are shouting slogans against Musharraf.  Even Nawaz Sharif has leveled all wild allegations against Musharraf.

If we go by the circumstances, Musharraf has been honest in saving his country, he put under heavy protection when she came to Pakistan from Dubai. The incidents show that Musharraf is equally helpless to control the terrorists.

Chronology of Bhutto

On October 18, when she was moving on a convoy, there was a severe blast killing around 150 people.
 
The following are some of the key events in her career:

April 1979: Benazir Bhutto was  imprisoned just before her father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was executed by Gen Zia ul Huq. She was sentenced to five years in jail.

1984: Bhutto was allowed to leave for London for health reasons after spending most of her years in prison in solitary confinement. She reorganised her father's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in London and took over its leadership.

April 1986 : Bhutto returns from exile in London and holds political rallies, attracting massive crowds.

Dec 6, 1988: Bhutto becomes the first woman prime minister of a Muslim nation after winning parliamentary elections.

Aug 6, 1990: Bhutto government dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan on grounds of corruption charges against her and husband Asif Zardari. Her political opponent Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League is made prime minister.

July 1993: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Sharif as prime minister, also on grounds of alleged corruption
Oct 19, 1993: Bhutto takes oath for a second term as prime minister after elections in which no party is a clear winner. She takes the support of smaller parties.

Sep 1996: Murtaza Bhutto, Benazir's younger brother, is shot dead by policemen along with six of his political workers.

Nov 5, 1996: Bhutto government dismissed again - this time by President Farooq Leghari, not only on charges of corruption but also of carrying out staged killings.

Feb 1997: Sharif becomes prime minister again after his PML convincingly wins general elections.

April 14, 1999: Bhutto and Zardari found guilty of corruption charges involving a Swiss company, while she is out of the country. Zardari goes to jail, and Bhutto remains in self-exile.

May 1999: Pakistani troops and militants occupy positions in the Kargil area of Kashmir. Strains emerge between Sharif and Musharraf after international condemnation led by the US.

Oct 1999: Sharif sacks Musharraf, but the general hits back by leading an army coup against him and taking control of administration.

Aug 2000: Musharraf bars Bhutto and Sharif from active politics.

Dec 2000: Sharif goes into exile.

July 2002: Court sentences Bhutto (in absentia) to three years in prison on corruption charges.

July 2003: A Swiss court convicts Bhutto and Zardari for money laundering. Given jail sentences and fined.

Nov 2003: Sentence overturned by a higher court.

Nov 2004: Zardari released from prison in Pakistan.

Mar 2005: PPP says it is increasing contact with Musharraf.

Oct 5, 2007: Musharraf signs a corruption amnesty against Bhutto.

Oct 6, 2007: Musharraf wins presidential election.

Oct 18, 2007: Bhutto returns to Pakistan from eight years in self-exile.

Nov 15, 2007: Musharraf's five-year presidential term and the term of the sitting parliament expires.

Jan 8, 2008: The date for parliamentary elections - that are now in doubt after Bhutto's assassination.