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Musharraf accuses Zardari of involvement in murders of Murtaza, Benazir Bhutto
[DAWN] Former president  Pervez PervMusharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... on Thursday directly accused PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari of being complicit in Benazir Bhutto ... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in... 's liquidation, reasoning he had "the most to gain from [it]", in a bombshell statement posted to his party's social media page. "Asif Ali Zardari is responsible for the Bhutto family's demise. He was involved in the deaths of Benazir and Murtaza Bhutto," Musharraf said in a video posted to his official Facebook page. The retired general said he was speaking out because he "could not tolerate" the fact that Zardari had recently directly accused him of being responsible for the murder. Saying that he wanted to directly address the three Bhutto-Zardari children, the Bhutto family and the people of Sindh, Musharraf argued: "Every time there is a murder, the first thing that needs to be seen is who has the most to gain from the death. In this case, I had everything to lose as I was in power and the murder put my government in a difficult situation," he said. "There was just one person who had everything to gain from Benazir's liquidation, and that was Asif Ali Zardari," he continued, proceeding into what he termed as his 'analysis' of the case. "Zardari was in power for five years: why did he not look into the case? Why was the investigation not active? [That is] because he was involved in Benazir's murder." Going further, Musharraf said: "The evidence is clear that Baitullah Mehsud and his people were involved in the murder; but who had asked them to target Benazir Bhutto? It could not have been me ‐ the group hated me, and the feeling was mutual." "It is a known fact that I wanted Mehsud dead ‐ so did the Government of Pakistain ‐ after his group had attempted to kill me," Musharraf revealed. "Zardari, on the other hand, had a great relationship with former Afghan president Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ...A product, probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance... ‐ a link he could have used to influence Mehsud and his people," he said. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-22 |
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