Pakistan after Bhutto

Pakistani riot police line up to stop protesters from marching toward government buildings, including parliament, in Islamabad. The small group had gathered to protest the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Syed Munawar Ali Gillani, 70, protests the killing of Benazir Bhutto. He was part of a small group of anti-Musharraf protesters attempting to march toward government buildings in Islamabad.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters are halted by Pakistani riot police, who prevented them from marching toward government buildings in Islamabad.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Pakistani police monitor protesters as they voice their opposition to the government at a rally in Islamabad. A decision regarding when elections will be held is expected Wednesday.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A vendor tends to his meat stall at a central Karachi marketplace.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Men watch stock prices at the Karachi stock market. Businesses reopened after a three-day mourning period for Benazir Bhutto, however, trading was light.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Businesses in Karachi reopened after a three-day mourning period for Benazir Bhutto. A man washes pots and pans in a marketplace cafe, where business was light. Many stores remained shut.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Musarat Khan mourns the death of leader Benazir Bhutto at a prayer gathering in Karachi. “She is a martyr,” Khan said when asked about Bhutto’s death. Several hundred mourners gathered at the Karachi home of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her family. Later in the day her son was named her successor as leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, with the call for elections to go forward.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Mourners gather at the Karachi home of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her family. Women cried as prayers were delivered for their slain leader. Later in the day her son was named her successor as chairman of the PPP party, with the call for elections to go forward.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Pakistan People’s Party supporters drive through Karachi waving flags.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Supporter of the Benazir Bhutto march and chant through the streets of Karachi, Pakistan near the Bhutto home while a prayer gathering goes on inside.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the Pakistani Rangers patrol the streets of Karachi on the third day of mourning for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The city was calm through the day.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Posters of Bhutto remain visible in parts of Karachi, the southern port city that was Bhutto’s home base.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Since Bhutto’s death, Pakistan has been in a state of virtual shutdown, as soldiers strive to contain the violence.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

As of Saturday, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry said that violence had damaged or destroyed hundreds of banks, stores, gas stations, railway cars and rail stations.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A row of shops was torched Saturday morning in the center of Karachi as violence continued in many areas of Pakistan. Fires set a day earlier continued to smolder, some being fed with new fuel by protesters.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Young men and boys try to scare off outsiders Saturday with stones and pistols in Karachi, Pakistan, the hometown and political stronghold of Benazir Bhutto. They vented their anger at the lack of government security that they believe led to Bhutto’s death.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Fires set a day earlier in Karachi, Pakistan, continue to burn on Saturday. The streets were filled with police and protesters on the second day of a three-day mourning period for slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Vehicles set on fire by protesters angry over the death of Bhutto light up the sky in Karachi, Pakistan.  (Shakil Adil / Associated Press)

Bhutto’s body is carried out of Rawalpindi General Hospital. Doctors said they worked for more than half an hour trying to revive her.  (Warrick Page / Getty Images)

Pakistanis grieve at the hospital where Bhutto died. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but President Pervez Musharraf blamed Islamic extremists and called on Bhutto’s allies to remain calm. “This is the work of those terrorists with whom we are engaged in war,” he said in a nationally televised speech.



Note: Some photos in this slide show graphically show the impact of the attack.  (Farooq Naeem / AFP / Getty Images)

Members of the crowd react to the carnage.  (Aamir Qureshi / AFP / Getty Images)

A supporter of Bhutto shows his bloody hands after the explosion.  (T. Mughal / EPA)

Rescue and recovery workers collect bodies at the attack site.  (T. Mughal / EPA)

A survivor is overcome with emotion after the attack, which killed at least 20 people in addition to Bhutto.  (John Moore / Getty Images)

Bhutto smiles from her car seconds before the attack.  (John Moore / Getty Images)

Bhutto waves as she leaves the rally. Today’s gathering was her first public appearance in Rawalpindi since she returned to Pakistan in the fall. At the time, she had planned a rally there, but the government canceled it for security reasons.  (B.K. Bangash / Associated Press)

Bhutto greets her supporters at the rally. After the attack, the crowd erupted in anger, some shouting, “Musharraf is a dog!” in reference to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.  (T. Mughal / EPA)

The death of Bhutto, who twice served as Pakistan’s prime minister, came 10 weeks after she narrowly survived a bombing that killed more than 150 people during a procession to mark her return from self-exile. She came back to her homeland to lead her Pakistan People’s Party in parliamentary elections next month.  (Aamir Qureshi AFP / Getty Images)

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves as she arrives in Rawalpindi to address her last public rally. She was assassinated just after the rally ended.  (Mohammad Javed / Associated Press)