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Not only did Pakistani authorities fail to provide former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto the security that could have saved her life, but elements within the powerful military establishment may even have played a role in her December 2007 assassination. Those are some of the chilling conclusions of a U.N. inquiry...
The involvement of jihadists is not ruled out by the report, nor is the possibility that Mehsud - once an ISI asset - may have been involved. But it suggests his potential involvement would have formed part of a broader conspiracy. The report also does not rule out the involvement of elements...
Having highlighted the murky role of Pakistan's military establishment, says Ali Dayan Hasan, a Human Rights Watch analyst interviewed three times by the U.N. commission, "one hopes that the report will allow the Pakistani government room to conduct a meaningful investigation and bring the perpetrators to book."
Such an investigation has been promised by members of the ruling PPP, who have cheered the U.N. findings. "It will pave the way for a proper police investigation and possible penal proceedings," says Farahnaz Ispahani, an aide to President Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto's widower. The Zardari camp will appreciate...
The Bok Center has offered pedagogy courses for graduate student instructors since its establishment in 1975. Departments that offer similar courses for their own graduate students will often collaborate with the center, says Bok Center Associate Director Virginia Maurer.