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| Safdar Abbasi denies allegations against him in BB murder case |
| 2011-08-15 |
[Pak Daily Times] Dissident Pakistain People's Party (PPP) Senator Dr Safdar Ali Abbasi has categorically denied the allegations.No, no! Certainly not! levelled against him that he asked Benazir Bhutto to address the crowd that had gathered outside the Liaquat Bagh after opening the sunroof of the vehicle shortly before her liquidation on December 27, 2007. Dr Safdar along with his wife and aide to Benazir, Naheed Khan, was addressing a presser and a party meeting at the residence of party leader Sardar Hur Bukhari on Sunday. He answered different questions put forward by journalists in detail regarding the allegations by the defence lawyer of the PPP's leader and Federal Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, that Abbasi had given a statement to the inquiry commission that he urged Benazir to address the party workers and also offered to open the sunroof of the bulletproof vehicle. Responding to a question, he said that he did not ask or urge Benazir to address the workers, neither had he suggested opening the sunroof of the vehicle. He said that it was just a usual statement of a lawyer who was trying to protect his client from being held responsible in the case. Abbasi said that it was not a direct and independent statement of Makhdoom Amin Fahim, and when he (Makhdoom) would say something directly on the issue then it would be considered worthy to answer. Answering another question, Abbasi and Naheed clarified that although he (Abbasi) was present in the vehicle with Benazir at the time of the incident, the court did not entertain him as a witness in the case. The senator further informed that he had received a printed document (performa) with different queries from the inquiry commission of the Benazir Bhutto murder case three years back and they had returned it to the commission after filling it. |
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