[Dawn] Law enforcement agencies investigating the killing of FIA special prosecutor in the 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...
murder case have no record of the outfit believed to be behind the attack, sources told Dawn on Monday.
The prosecutor, Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, was rubbed out at Sector G-9/1 when he was going to office on May 3.
An Urdu pamphlet found at the scene of the crime and purportedly written by Mujahideen-e-Islami stated: "Those who help punish the Mujahideen would meet the same fate."
However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
the police and intelligence agencies have no record or details about the organization.
The sources said there was a possibility that the killers had used the name of the outfit only to divert the Sherlocks to a wrong direction.
It is premature to establish whether any bad boy organization was behind the killing or there was some other motive.
The joint investigation team (JIT) is probing the murder from all angles, including personal enmity, rivalry and any dispute.
An officer close to the investigation said the accused persons in the Benazir murder case would not get any benefit from the killing of the public prosecutor who had already cross-questioned all the suspects and completed the court proceedings in 2010.
In the meantime, the Sherlocks are facing difficulties to trace the taxi (Suzuki FX) in which the attackers had escaped after killing the prosecutor.
The excise and taxation authority has no record of the registration number. Normally, the registration number of a vehicle used in such an activity is replaced, said sources in the police.
"However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
the excise and taxation offices in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
and Gilgit are checking the numeric number of the registration plate to trace the whereabouts of the vehicle," the sources said.
They added that the first two alphabets of the registration number were matching with the ones issued by ETO Gilgit and Karachi.
Another officer close to the investigation said chances of survival of one of the attackers injured from the firing of Mr Ali's gunman -- a Frontier Constabulary personnel -- were meager.
"We found excessive bleeding at the spot and in such a condition the survival of an injured is impossible," he said.
Shortly after the escape of the attackers, all the hospitals in the twin cities and nearby towns were alerted with the instruction to inform the capital police if they received any patient with bullet injuries, the officer said.
But no such person was brought to any hospital since Friday.
"There is a possibility that he has died or got medical assistance in hiding," he added.
However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
the Sherlocks collected blood samples from the spot and sent them for DNA test.
Similarly, a Sindhi cap found at the spot along with a mobile phone and a pistol was also sent for the DNA test.
The Sherlocks are hopeful that the DNA test will help them establish the race of the attackers, he added.
The sources further said the JIT was working on the mobile phone to trace the attackers.
However,
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it did not carry much detail, they added.
It seems that the attackers had bought the mobile and SIM recently, they said.
The JIT also found two eyewitnesses, a policeman and a civilian person.
The policeman helped the JIT in drawing sketches of the attackers. However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
the sketches do not match with the ones available in the police record.
The other eyewitness was reluctant to help the police in fear of being targeted.