Producer Amy moving to Radio 1 Breakfast

[Jono]

The saddest news of the holiday I reckon. She was the only sane politician in the Middle East, and I recall being quite impressed how often she gave exclusive interviews to Sky News.

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[DC]

the likes of these b*stards do not know democracy, take away an iron fist and they go around acting like the bunch of animals they are like in iraq. it's a shame, all she was trying to do in the end was help.

[Serin]

I remember her appearances on Question Time too. She was very articulate, a highly-skilled and inspiring politician.

RIP.

[DC]

i just hope the likes of what tried to kill her and eventually did get what they deserve in the end. sadly, most do not.

[Jono]

The crowds at the hospital now are telling them to pick up their arms and kill the other party. Oh dear. My worry is what happens if the leader is killed, it'll be a free for all!

[Serin]

And then the US will go in and do what it does best: kill everything that moves, flatten the country and create even more chaos and disorder than existed before.

[Jono]

She was waving at the crowds from her sun roof, what an easy job for the assassin.

[Danishgirl]

So, so sad!

RIP

[eleanor]

The country is going to be a mess after her death. Anyway, R.I.P.

[E*F*4L]

R.I.P

her supporters are mobilizing, the press is saying.

[Serin]

Even more saddening is the fact her father and two brothers were also killed, her father executed for allegedly conspiring to kill a political opponent and her two brothers, one being shot dead in 1996 and the other found murdered in 1985.

[Grace]

Such sad news, RIP.

[aloha_chicka]

She also felt that her life was threatened and she would eventually be killed. Her "people" (sorry, don't know how else to phrase that) asked for tightened security for when she was in Pakistan, but nothing happened.

R.I.P Benazir.

[Chris.]

I know that this sounds harsh but it was only a matter of time before this would happen. Everyone has been predicting her assassination for months.

R.I.P.

[dstrkzn]

The intelligence services are claiming al-Qaeda is behind the assassination. It just seems like a convient excuse to postpone elections to keep Musharraf in power a bit longer.

If the elections go ahead i seriously doubt they will be corruption free.

[sinister]

If the elections go ahead i seriously doubt they will be corruption free.

Like the one gw bush won? I think she was on a hiding to nothing, it would only have been a matter of time before she was painted as another bush puppet.

[iain_smith]

The saddest news of the holiday I reckon. She was the only sane politician in the Middle East, and I recall being quite impressed how often she gave exclusive interviews to Sky News.

More details here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7161590.stm

If i was in Pakistan I'd be saying 'armageddon' out of here !

Get it ?

seriously though,because that joke was maybe a bit tasteless, I think she knew she was going to die.It was inevitable.Musharraf did it,in cahoots with al quada.The Pakistani people will just have to fight to reject islamic extremism and dictatorship or theres no hope for that country.

[dstrkzn]

Her 19 year old son who has at oxford has been made party chairman with her husband as co-chairman