Since 2004 , there was a sharp rise of terrorism incidents took place during the presidency of General Pervez Musharraf . A serious incident took place in Red Mosque located in Islamabad when Police 's special forces conducted an armed raid in the Mosque . The general elections were dealt with a great shock on 27 December 2007 when Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a rally in Rawalpindi . Bhutto 's assassination raised many questions as to whether the general election would be postponed . Following the fatal attack , Pervez Musharraf held an emergency meeting with other government officials , but stated that " no decision had been made on whether to delay the national elections . " Benazir Bhutto had " become an appealing solution " to United States officials frustrated with President Musharraf 's failure to restore democracy to Pakistan , '' The New York Times '' said
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Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
2008 Pakistani general election