The religious parties, Bhutto added, have gained strength within Pakistan and "today control two of our most important provinces that border Afghanistan."
The opposition leader said Musharraf's refusal to form a commission to probe the Kargil debacle was self serving and untenable.
Although Washington has concerns about political continuity in a post-Musharraf Pakistan, it needs to push ahead with the war on terrorism -- and is not interested in rocking the boat at this time.
The remarks by Dar, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, came within days of the World Bank saying in a report that Pakistan will benefit from granting Most Favoured Nation-status to India.
'Will Muhammad Habib Zahir -- who was part of the team that arrested Kulbhushan Jadhav and went missing in Nepal -- figure in a Jadhav-for-Zahir deal?' asks Aditi Phadnis.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party has suffered setbacks in country's biggest ever by-polls for 41 national and provincial assembly constituencies, in which the ruling PML-N appeared to have consolidated its position.
A Pakistani court on Thursday stopped the construction of a stage at the historic site of Mohenjodaro for an upcoming festival being spearheaded by Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as a "cultural coup".
The United States had warned that it could invoke sanctions against the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project in future, Sharif said without giving details.
Nine candidates on Wednesday filed nominations for Pakistan's presidential election, with the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's India-born nominee Mamnoon Hussain emerging a clear frontrunner for the poll to be held on July 30.
Atiq is the son of Qayyum Khan, a former POK president.
Pakistan's minority Hindu community leaders have asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to accept their demand for a public holiday on Diwali and announce a special aid package for them on the festival.
A Hindu member of the ruling party in the Provincial Assembly in Karachi was on Wednesday assaulted by opposition members in the House after he allegedly wrote an "objectionable letter" to a woman legislator.
Pakistan's new IT minister has warned that Google could be blocked in the country if the company fails to remove blasphemous and objectionable material from its video-sharing website YouTube.
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday ordered action against former prime minister Raja Parvez Ashraf and several others in the multi-billion rupee development funds case.
Bhutto arrived in London on Saturday from Geneva where she had appeared before a court on Friday in connection with a money laundering case.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has said that it would not rule out a ceasefire if Pakistan's new government "shows seriousness" about its offer of holding a dialogue.
The name of Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's successor will be announced a day before he retires on November 29, Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Friday.
'It has a natural inclination to foster as much competition among civilian politicians as possible.'
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf asserted May 11 that former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif would not be allowed to return from exile.
A protest march by a UK-based pro-Pakistan group on the Kashmir issue in the heart of London on Sunday fizzled out as barely a few hundred protesters gathered to wave placards and flags.
Outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he is leaving the Presidency as a satisfied man after overseeing the first-ever democratic transition of power in Pakistan and relinquishing Presidential powers to Parliament.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that his supporters will put up a grand show on Saturday to celebrate completion of one month of anti-government protests seeking ouster of embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
'The resolve has to be there, the will has to be there. Above all, our top leadership has to adopt a statesman-like approach' says Pakistan's Interior Minister Faisal Hayat.
Sam Manekshaw led the Indian Army to its greatest military victory this month 46 years ago. Lieutenant Colonel A K Shinde (retd), the field marshal's doctor for 35 years, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih about the charming man behind the soldier's uniform.
The United States has hoped its National Security Agency surveillance on the Bharatiya Janata Party, revelation of which has highly been objected by New Delhi, would not have an adverse impact on the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
The pro-Pakistan Peoples League criticised Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for holding talks with the Centre.
The Pakistani Supreme Court ordered for a joint investigation team to probe the allegations of money laundering against his family.
Benazir Bhutto's husband said he would remain in politics and play an active role as a bridge between political forces for the restoration of democracy and the Constitution.
VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi on Tuesday kicked up another controversy with her remarks that those who are opposed to Yoga should go to Pakistan.
The entire opposition has opposed constitutional amendments that give Musharraf sweeping powers over the legislature.
Angry passengers on board a Pakistan International Airlines flight stopped former interior minister Rehman Malik and a lawmaker of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz from boarding the plane, accusing them of causing over two hours of delay.
'Main koi rootha nahin hoon for denying me a visa. I am baffled, and a bit hurt.'
"Dr Khan could not have done this on his own. There are certainly other people involved," she said.
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