No less than 27 different terrorists groups had joined under the umbrella of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to assassinate Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, Federal Minister for Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik told members of Sindh Assembly on Tuesday.The briefing was arranged after a resolution was put forward by MPA Ghulam Mujaddad Isran and unanimously adopted by the House seeking details about the status of investigations and the actual culprits as well as facts that led to assassination of the twice elected prime minister of the country.Malik said the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has come forward with fool proof evidence and undeniable proofs against perpetrators of the crime adding that forensic details of the crime have been collected that can stand any counter assessment at any court.He said eight people have been nominated in the case, including former president Pervez Musharraf, former CPO Syed Saud Aziz, Khurram Shehzad Haider (the latter two are presently on bail) besides five TTP activists who are behind the bars.“Both Pervez Musharraf and militants based in FATA considered Benazir Bhutto a threat for themselves as she was a strong proponent of democracy and democratic values,” he said. He said TTP had been attempting Mohtarma’s assassination since long with Osama bin Laden as the major financier and his linkage as well as that of TTP activists, including those who were at one point or other students at Madrassa- e- Haqqania (Akora Khattak), has been well established.The interior Minister said that former president and General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf will be immediately arrested, once he returns to the country, for intentionally or unintentionally conniving with the killers of Mohtarma Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. The Minister for Interior Affairs, extensively assisted by the team of investigators comprising members of joint investigation team (JIT), said a challan has been presented against the former president and he has already been declared proclaimed offender by the court, with all his property and bank accounts in the country attached with the court.“He has been challaned for deliberately denying VVIP security to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto while it was provided to two other ex- prime ministers,” he said. Khalid Qureishi, Head of JIT informed the MPAs that failure to provide adequate security commensurate to threat to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, despite repeated requests, assisted the terrorists to carry-out suicidal attacks.“Number of notices have been served to the former president and we will get him as soon as returns to the country,” said federal minister for interior affairs. The basis of the fact that he too considered Benazir Bhutto a threat was the fact that he had told her not to come back before elections and that her security was based on her relationship with the then government. Former president has also been accused to have ordered a press conference immediately after the martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto through which wrong information was communicated.The briefing that spanned for more than four hours also included presentations by other members of the JIT team.
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