A Pakistani official says an al-Qaida militant has been arrested in connection with a suicide bomb attack that targeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto last October.

In a new book released Tuesday, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says she was optimistic about her return to Pakistan, but knew about the dangers to her life.

British investigators from Scotland Yard have concluded that former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed as the result of a suicide bomb blast and not an assassin's bullet. The results of the investigation were handed over to Pakistani government officials in Islamabad. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details.

Former premier Benazir Bhutto was killed by the impact of a suicide blast and not by a gunshot, Britain's Scotland Yard said in its probe report, backing the Pakistan government's version of the assassination.

Musharaf said that Pakistan authorities were not responsible for a security lapse on 27 December in rally of Benazir that had led to the killing of the Opposition leader and former prime minister in a gun and suicide-bomb attack in Rawalpindi.

Islamabad, Jan 2 (PTI) The controversy over former premier Benazir Bhutto's assassination has taken another turn with a section of her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) claiming she was targeted with sophisticated "laser beam technology".

Reports say that the Tipperary Peace Convention located in Ireland will be giving its 2007 Peace Prize to former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

On Wednesday, the Pakistani electoral committee will announce whether the elections due to take place on 8 January will go ahead. The committee was expected to decide on the matter on Monday, but the decision has been postponed twice.

The electoral commission of Pakistan held a meeting today to decide whether the general election of the country will go ahead as planned next week on Saturday January 8, 2008.

It has been announced that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, 19, the son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will take her place as the head of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and lead the party alongside his father Asif Ali Zardari. It is also announced and confirmed that the PPP along with the Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), will contest the upcoming elections for a new Prime Minister on January 8.

The United States has launched a diplomatic offensive to prevent Pakistan from falling into chaos following Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Washington says it is in close contact with the political parties in Pakistan and with allies throughout the world.

Wreath laid on behalf of COAS: A floral wreath was laid at Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s grave on Sunday on behalf of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.