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#PAKISTAN #PPP - Zardari pledges not to deviate from BB’s mission

Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday pledged not to deviate from the mission of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in any circumstances.In his message on the eve of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s 15th martyrdom anniversary, he said he sought guidance from her politics and is still being guided by the philosophy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.Asif Zardari said that no one else faced the difficulties that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto faced for the sake of the constitution and democracy as she was a symbol of patience and endurance.

Asif Ali Zardari said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto bravely resisted the barbaric and brutal dictators. “We are strong and steadfast on her ideology because of her teachings,” President Zardari said adding that the continuation of democracy was the beautiful dream of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.

By the grace of the Almighty Allah, that dream was fulfilled. Asif Ali Zardari said that the announcement of the institutions to be apolitical is also a realization of the dream of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and it will give stability to democracy and establish the country’s credibility.

Asif Ali Zardari said that BB’s followers are striving to make the country a society free from all kinds of extremism, where there is the light of knowledge, jobs for the people, equal opportunities for the youth to move forward, women free from the shackles of fear, and minorities with a respectable place in the society. This is the vision of Pakistan that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto had.

https://dailytimes.com.pk/1043749/zardari-pledges-not-to-deviate-from-bbs-mission/

#Pakistan #PPP - 15 years on, Benazir murder still an unsolved mystery

 

 Masterminds of former premier's assassination yet to face justice as case lies pending in LHC.

On December 27, 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated soon after she had addressed an election rally in the historic Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi. She was reportedly killed by a 15-year-old suicide bomber.

One of the most important high-profile cases of the country's chequered history still lies pending in the Lahore High Court's (LHC) Rawalpindi bench.

Over 20 party workers were killed and 71 others were seriously injured in the attack on the former premier.

In the aftermath of the incident, four inquiries were conducted into the high-profile case with the police joint investigation team (JIT), the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the United Nations (UN) and Scotland Yard striving to solve the matter. However, these inquiries and investigations yielded no results as the Bhutto family did not pursue the case in the special anti-terrorism court (ATC).

A total of 12 challans were filed in this case, 355 appearances were recorded, 10 judges were changed and 141 witnesses, including 68 prosecution witnesses, testified.

Moreover, 16 people were accused in the case, but only eight of them were arrested. The main accused, Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, was killed in a drone strike.

Five other accused – Nadir Khan alias Qari, Nasrullah, Abdullah alias Saddam, Ikramullah, Faiz Muhammad Kaskat – were also killed in encounters with intelligence agencies at different places.

The suicide bomber who attacked the former prime minister was identified as Saeed Blakel, who died in the blast. The police arrested five accused Aitzaz Shah, Sher Zaman, Rashid Ahmed, Rafaqat and Hasnain Gul, and dumped the debris on them.

The FIA also arrested the then-president General (r) Pervez Musharraf, former city police officer (CPO) Saud Aziz and superintendent of police (SP) Rawal Khurram Shehzad as accused in the case. However, they were later granted bail by the high court.

On August 31, 2017, Judge Muhammad Asghar Khan of the special ATC pronounced the verdict in the Adiala Jail after nine years, acquitting five accused, and declaring Musharraf as a fugitive on absenteeism, and issued permanent arrest warrants, besides confiscating his movable and immovable property.

 Meanwhile, police officers – deputy inspector general (DIG) Saud Aziz and SP Khurram Shehzad – were sentenced to a total of 17 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs1 million each for destroying evidence and breach of security.

However, three months later, the high court suspended the sentences and released the two officers from jail. The CPO is now retired while the SP has now been promoted to the rank of DIG.

Appeals of the accused and plaintiffs have been pending in LHC’s Rawalpindi bench for over four years, and are expected to be heard in the last week of February 2022.

Former president Asif Ali Zardari has filed an appeal in the high court against the acquittal of the five accused in the case, and has sought to increase the sentences of both the police officers and to initiate trial against Musharraf in his absence.

The FIA has also filed appeals against the acquittal of the five accused while the convicted police officers have filed appeals against the sentences.

The three acquitted accused Aitzaz Shah, Sherzaman and Rafaqat have been released from jail. Meanwhile, two accused Rasheed Ahmed and Hasnain Gul are still locked up in Adiala Jail on various charges.

Federal government’s senior prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali was killed in a terrorist attack while pursuing the case.

After Benazir’s assassination, the PPP formed its government in the centre, but in its five-year tenure, the party failed to pursue this important case. Later, the case was partially disposed of during the tenure of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

The case is likely to land in the Supreme Court (SC) and it is not known when the case and appeals will be wrapped up.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2392951/15-years-on-benazir-murder-still-an-unsolved-mystery

#Pakistan #PPP - BENAZIR BHUTTO!!! ....THE LEGEND

By Mwaqar

I was shocked, disheartened, and saddened by the awful news of Benazir Bhutto’s murder and with her many others. Benazir wanted freedom for her country and democracy, freedom to choose the leader of Jinnah’s Pakistan. Democracy is an important part of freedom and letting the people choose the leader, whom they want to represent them. Ms. Bhutto’s murder shows that she was close to cutting the ties that the terrorist-held against a nation wanting democracy and freedom of its people. The murder of this great lady shows how cowardly these terrorists really are. 

They run and hide like dogs with their tails between their legs. Hide in rat holes and hide their faces, In the name of Allah terrorists do terrible things that Allah is actually against. The Quran is the word of the Lord of the Worlds, which Allah revealed to His Messenger Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), to bring mankind forth from darkness into light.” I think Ms. Bhutto was doing that herself, bringing people out of the darkness into the light of a free world where basic needs should be met, plenty of food, warm shelter, and clean water to drink. She was an extraordinary lady. 

We need to salute the extraordinary courage, determination, and fortitude exhibited by Benazir Bhutto in the face of overwhelming odds. Human beings of lesser endowments would have long since taken to safer avenues. She faced all the tribulations following her father’s hanging with determination and had only Pakistan’s interest on her mind. Benazir Bhutto’s tragic assassination has brutally highlighted the growing influence of inhuman terrorists in Pakistan. Let us be clear that these extremists are a clear and present danger to not just Pakistan, but the whole world. These cowards will be judged not just in the afterlife, but also in this world. 

While Ms. Bhutto will live on in the hearts and minds of millions, these terrorists will be cursed forever. Her death is a sad indicator of how dangerous it has become in this country to be a liberal and a moderate. Religious extremism leads to such blatant violence. She was killed by a fierce, brutal, cruel,ignorant person. These barbaric practices of Al-Qaeda are unacceptable in a civilized world. She was a brave woman, who did not hide in rat holes like Osama, mullah Omar, and his cronies, she had the courage and like her father was not afraid of death. Benazir Bhutto was a sign of hope not only for the country but also for the women who saw in her a savior. If we look at paki history, non of paki leaders enjoyed respect, the ones who were real, sincere, people of principles. There are stories about the death of Jinnah, Fatima Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan, Z A Bhutto, and now his daughter, Benazir murdered in cold blood, her entire family wiped out by two generals. The story of the Bhutto family can be compared to the Kennedys of America and the Gandhis of India. Its a conspiracy against the Bhutto family. Benazir was a champion of progressive politics. 

None of paki politicians can match her and Z A Bhutto's charisma, talent, and quality of leadership. Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other extremist groups have achieved their target to Talibanise Pakistan by killing Benazir. Today in Pakistan, educated, moderate class is ignoring this danger, leaders of progressive parties are just watching events unfolding from their drawing rooms, they even don’t have the courage to say something, they are afraid of death, the Death Benazir welcomed. She was a legend. She could stay in London, New York, and Dubai, she gained more respect and honour on foreign soils, she was not a fashion show model, movie star, or singer but was a woman, who cared about her country, who knew the miseries of her people, she knew people in her country have no rights, education, freedom. She was invited to deliver lectures in USA and Europe, was not that an honor for Pakistan? 

 I have never seen anyone so disgusted and sad about the murder of Benazir. New York is a place where you can meet anyone from any part of the world, from Asia to Africa to Europe, it's amazing that people in the USA were glued to tv news and watching coverage of this horrible crime committed by Musharraf security agencies through Taliban and al-Qaeda. If anyone finds out, you are from Pakistan, their first question is why this happened? why they killed Benazir? Do women have no rights in Pakistan? is it OK to kill women in Pakistan? that’s what Islam teach? She was killed because Muslims don’t like women in power? 

These are the questions Pakistanis are trying to answer all over the world in free societies. Does anyone not believe that Musharraf’s security forces are secretly supporting al-Qaeda in Pakistan? Does anyone not believe that Musharraf wanted Bhutto dead, and saw her as a threat to his own dictatorship? Bhutto symbolizes the freedom that every woman in the Islamic World strives to achieve, freedom from male-dominated Talibanistic tyrants like Musharraf who is trying to play both sides of the fence to preserve his own dictatorship. It's a coward and a barbarian who stalks and kills someone who thinks differently. It is not a brave martyr, but a coward. Musharraf did not conduct investigations of the last attempt on her life in Karachi. 

Benazir openly said that Ch. Wajahat Hussain and Ch. Pervez Elahi and the intelligence agency were behind her assassination attempt. Musharraf refused to accept her demand of bringing investigators from the US. Musharraf knows killers, Ijazul-Haq and his Al-qeada buddies are masterminds of this murder. International news agencies are reporting that SSG Commandos killed PPP Chief Benazir Bhutto, What was the crime of the Bhutto family??? 

Z A BHUTTO’s crime was to make Pakistan a nuclear power, and to unite Muslim world, what was the crime of Benazir ??? The attack at Rawalpindi bore the hallmarks of a sophisticated military operation.  I knew Benazir was trapped by generals. This general is taking billions of dollars from the USA and is also negotiating and shaking hands with the Taliban. Who knows if Osama and his cronies are hiding somewhere. Let's look at this murder from another point of view, as we know Mush regime was getting billions of dollars from the USA to fight against Al-Qaeda, we know where that money is going and this regime was afraid that if Benazir gets power she might disclose to the world how Mush and his cronies used that money, to hide Mush regime crimes and Choudries of Punjab’s corruption. 

Benazir Bhutto was fearful for her life that she tried to hire British and American security experts to protect her, according to The Sunday Telegraph. But the plans collapsed because Musharraf refused to allow the foreign contractors to operate in Pakistan, when there are terrorist threats, security paraphernalia prevents leaders from mixing with their followers. 

Pakistani authorities have pressured the medical personnel who tried to save Benazir Bhutto's life to remain silent about what happened in her final hour and have removed records of her treatment from the facility, so this clearly shows that Mush is involved in her murder, doctors who were at Bhutto's side at Rawalpindi General Hospital said they were under extreme pressure not to share details about the nature of the injuries that the opposition leader suffered in an attack here Dec. 27. Pindi is a city that serves as headquarters of the Pakistani military and if citizens and important public figures can be killed in that sensitive city then what that tells u???? Only a professional person can murder someone like this, trained by the military.  

Ms. Bhutto was a brave leader who gave priority to meeting people at the cost of security risks, and paid a heavy price for this.