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| Al Qaeda Yazid, Mustafa Abu al- |  |
| 28th Dec Al-Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claims responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious American asset" |
| Arrest of Bhutto Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 8th Nov Bhutto is placed under house arrest just a few hours before she was due to lead and address a rally against the state of emergency |
| Assassination of Bhutto Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 27th Dec Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa states that, "We condemn this assassination and terrorist act, and pray for God Almighty to bless her soul" |
| 27th Dec Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 27th Dec The UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting and unanimously condemns the assassination |
| Assassination of Bhutto Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 27th Dec Musharraf calls for a three day mourning period after Bhutto's assassination |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| Assassination of Bhutto Sharif, Nawaz | |
| 28th Dec Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the rival opposition party Pakistan Muslim League, states that "This is a tragedy for her party, and a tragedy for our party and the entire nation" |
| Assassination of Bhutto Yazid, Mustafa Abu al- | |
| 28th Dec Al-Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claims responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious American asset" |
| Burial of Bhutto Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 28th Dec Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto's body is flown to her hometown of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana District, Sindh, and is buried next to her father in the family mausoleum at a ceremony attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners |
| Constitution Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 17th Sep Benazir Bhutto accuses Pervez Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing |
| Constitution Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 17th Sep Benazir Bhutto accuses Pervez Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing |
| 6th Oct Musharraf wins a parliamentary election for President, however, the Supreme Court rules that no winner can be officially proclaimed until it finishes deciding on whether it was legal for Musharraf to run for President while remaining Army General |
| 3rd Nov President Pervez Musharraf declares a state of emergency, citing actions by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and religious extremism in the nation |
| Death of Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 28th Dec The Interior Ministry of Pakistan states that "Bhutto was killed when she tried to duck back into the vehicle, and the shock waves from the blast knocked her head into a lever attached to the sunroof, fracturing her skull" |
| Election Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 8th Dec Bhutto meets Nawaz Sharif to publicize their demand that Musharraf fulfill his promise to lift the state of emergency before January's parliamentary elections, threatening to boycott the vote if he failed to comply |
| Election Kayani, Ashfaq | |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| Election Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| 6th Oct Musharraf wins a parliamentary election for President, however, the Supreme Court rules that no winner can be officially proclaimed until it finishes deciding on whether it was legal for Musharraf to run for President while remaining Army General |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| Exile of Bhutto Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Bhutto declares her intention to return to Pakistan within 2007, which she did, in spite of Musharraf's statements of May 2007 about not allowing her to return ahead of the country's general election, due late 2007 or early 2008 |
| 29th Aug Bhutto announces that Musharraf would step down as chief of the army |
| 1st Sep Bhutto vows to return to Pakistan "very soon", regardless of whether or not she reached a power-sharing deal with Musharraf before then |
| 17th Sep Bhutto accuses Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing. |
| Oct Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed states that officials agreed to grant Benazir Bhutto amnesty versus pending corruption charges |
| 5th Oct Musharraf signs the National Reconciliation Ordinance, giving amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders-except exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif-in all court cases against them, including all corruption charges |
| 18th Oct Karachi After eight years in exile in Dubai and London, Bhutto returns to Karachi to prepare for the 2008 national elections |
| 18th Oct Karachi Bhutto later claimed that she had warned the Pakistani Government that suicide bomb squads would target her upon her return to Pakistan and that the Government had failed to act |
| 18th Oct Karachi En route to a rally in Karachi two explosions occur shortly after Bhutto had landed and left Jinnah International Airport, she was not injured but the explosions, later found to be a suicide-bomb attack, killed 136 people |
| 18th Oct Karachi The dead include at least 50 of the security guards from her PPP who had formed a human chain around her truck to keep potential bombers away, as well as 6 police officers |
| Exile of Bhutto Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 5th Oct Musharraf signs the National Reconciliation Ordinance, giving amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders-except exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif-in all court cases against them, including all corruption charges |
| National Reconciliation Ordinance Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 5th Oct Musharraf signs the National Reconciliation Ordinance, giving amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders-except exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif-in all court cases against them, including all corruption charges |
| Scandal Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Oct Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed states that officials agreed to grant Benazir Bhutto amnesty versus pending corruption charges |
| State of Emergency Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 8th Nov Bhutto is placed under house arrest just a few hours before she was due to lead and address a rally against the state of emergency |
| 8th Dec Bhutto meets Nawaz Sharif to publicize their demand that Musharraf fulfill his promise to lift the state of emergency before January's parliamentary elections, threatening to boycott the vote if he failed to comply |
| State of Emergency Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 3rd Nov President Pervez Musharraf declares a state of emergency, citing actions by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and religious extremism in the nation |
| 8th Nov Bhutto is placed under house arrest just a few hours before she was due to lead and address a rally against the state of emergency |
