Bhutto family

In Pakistan, lawyers and opposition activists launched a cross country protest to confront the civilian government which has banned rallies and detained hundreds of activists. Joining the Takeaway is Aamir Gauhri, a Pakistani analyst.

Sir Mark Tully is a former BBC correspondent for South Asia and shares his perspective with The Takeaway from the BBC bureau in New Delhi.

The widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto has taken office as the country’s new president this morning. He faces immediate pressure to crack down on Islamic militants and address daunting economic problems. Pakistan’s top judge swore in Asif Ali Zardari at a brief ceremony in the presidential palace.

Scotland Yard today released its report on the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, and investigators say she died from a suicide bomb blast and not from gunshot wounds but with the future of her part in doubt

The World’s Matthew Bell reports on Bhutto’s role as self-appointed leader of the opposition in Pakistan. Many Pakistanis are skeptical of Bhutto because she engaged in power-sharing talks with General Pervez Musharraf prior to the imposition of emergency rule.