... 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...
, DawnNews reported.
The counsel for Tanveer Kaira Sardar Latif Khosa and accused persons former City Police Officer (CPO) Saud Aziz, and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khurram Shahzad attended today's hearing in the ATC.
During the hearing, the defence and prosecuting lawyers presented their arguments over the application seeking to prevent the main accused former military ruler
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... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
from becoming a party in the case.
Akhtar Shah, belonging to the Pakistain Social Justice Party, argued that being a former president of the country, Pervez Musharraf could not be held responsible in the case, adding that the president's office enjoyed complete immunity.
Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) prosecutor Chaudhry opposed the application and said that Akhtar Shah could not become a party in the case.
The court reserved its judgment on the application seeking to prevent Musharraf from becoming a party in the case and later, dismissed the said request.
The court accepted the request seeking a re-trial of the case and ordered the FIA to present a list of witnesses at the next hearing.
The hearing of the case was subsequently adjourned to October 22.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun-and-kaboom outside Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh on December 27, 2007. She was killed after addressing an election campaign rally in the city.