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| 1986 | Bhutto, Benazir |  |
| Returns to Pakistan after 2 years exile in Britain |
| 1998 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Bhutto goes into self-imposed exile in Dubai |
| 2007 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Bhutto declares her intention to return to Pakistan within 2007, which she did, in spite of Musharraf's statements of May 2007 about not allowing her to return ahead of the country's general election, due late 2007 or early 2008 |
| 29th Aug Bhutto announces that Musharraf would step down as chief of the army |
| 1st Sep Bhutto vows to return to Pakistan "very soon", regardless of whether or not she reached a power-sharing deal with Musharraf before then |
| 17th Sep Bhutto accuses Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing. |
| Oct Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed states that officials agreed to grant Benazir Bhutto amnesty versus pending corruption charges |
| 5th Oct Musharraf signs the National Reconciliation Ordinance, giving amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders-except exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif-in all court cases against them, including all corruption charges |
| 18th Oct Karachi After eight years in exile in Dubai and London, Bhutto returns to Karachi to prepare for the 2008 national elections |
| 18th Oct Karachi Bhutto later claimed that she had warned the Pakistani government that suicide bomb squads would target her upon her return to Pakistan and that the government had failed to act |
| 18th Oct Karachi En route to a rally in Karachi two explosions occur shortly after Bhutto had landed and left Jinnah International Airport, she was not injured but the explosions, later found to be a suicide-bomb attack, killed 136 people |
| 18th Oct Karachi The dead include at least 50 of the security guards from her PPP who had formed a human chain around her truck to keep potential bombers away, as well as 6 police officers |
| 2007 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 5th Oct Musharraf signs the National Reconciliation Ordinance, giving amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders-except exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif-in all court cases against them, including all corruption charges |
