October 18

On October 18, 2007, as Benazir Bhutto left a Pakistan Peoples Party procession in Karachi’s Karsaz neighborhood, two explosions struck near her armored convoy, killing at least 139 people and wounding hundreds. The attack shattered a jubilant return rally, deepened political crisis in Pakistan, and left questions about responsibility and security that reverberated through the months that followed. Read more