The PPP has blamed remnants of former military dictator General Zia ul Haq’s rule for the Islamabad blast that took 17 lives on Tuesday. “The mastermind behind the blasts and suicide attacks wants to create an impression across the world showing that an Islamist movement runs in Pakistan,” former federal ministers Khursheed Shah, Yousuf Talpur and Prof. N D Khan and former Senator Taj Haider said in a joint statement.
| Present and former legislators belonging to the PPP said that the mastermind of the suicide attacks used heroin-addicts and psychopaths for these activities. |
The statement was issued Wednesday from Bilawal HouseÂ’s media cell. They requested the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo moto notice of the suicide attacks on the PPPÂ’s CJP reception camp in Islamabad. Present and former legislators belonging to the PPP said that the mastermind of the suicide attacks used heroin-addicts and psychopaths for these activities.
They recalled that innocent workers of the PPP were also targeted during the Pakistan National Alliance movement which raised slogans to enforce Islamic laws in Pakistan. They said that those who are now criticising PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto have been paid in dollars to go against Zulfikar Ali BhuttoÂ’s legitimately elected government. Mr BhuttoÂ’s pro-Islamic credentials are known to every political worker in Pakistan and abroad, they added. |