| Anna Comnena reports from Karachi... |
PPP MNAs and MPAs criticised SNF Chairman Mumtaz Bhutto on Saturday for alleging that Asif Ali Zardari was involved in the killing of Murtaza Bhutto. Talking to reporters in Hyderabad on Friday, Mumtaz Bhutto claimed that Asif Zardari was involved in Murtaza Bhutto's killing on September 20, 1996.
In a joint statement, MNAs Fehmida Mirza and Nabil Gabol and MPAs Ayaz Soomro and Rafiq Engineer claimed that Mumtaz Bhutto was trying to get cheap media publicity by blaming Asif Zardari. " The people of Sindh cannot forget Mumtaz Bhutto's role since 1977 to date," they said. They claimed that Mumtaz Bhutto was confused, as he could not stomach Zardari's release on bail after eight years of imprisonment. They claimed that had Mumtaz Bhutto chosen to face jail instead of joining hands with General Ziaul Haq and the army, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto would not have been hanged. They claimed that the people of Sindh could not forget the anti-Bhutto role of Mumtaz Bhutto since General Zia's time to president Farooq Leghari's time. The PPP's MNAs and MPAs claimed that Mumtaz Bhutto's allegation was tantamount to contempt of court. "The inquiry tribunal headed by Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid had absolved Asif Zardari of Murtaza murder case." |