Dec 27 Bhutto is killed in a gun and bomb attack after a rally in Rawalpindi. At least 16 others killed

Dec 31 Violence flares as supporters of Bhutto take to the streets. The death toll of people killed in riots hits 47

Jan 7, 2008 Al Qaeda-linked militants in northwest Pakistan attack govt-sponsored peace movement, kill 8

Jan 10 A suicide bomber walks up to policemen stationed outside the High Court in Lahore and set off explosives. 19, including 16 policemen and 3 passers-by, killed

Jan 14 Nine people are killed in a bomb attack in a low-income area of Karachi

Jan 17 A teenager blows himself up in a Shi'ite Muslim prayer hall in Peshawar. At least nine people are killed, 25 wounded