Special prosecutor for the FIA Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali. PHOTO: AFP
Ali was investigating the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
Gunmen on a motorcycle pumped 12 bullets into Ali as he left his home in Islamabad, sources told Reuters.
According to the initial post mortem report, 14 injury marks were present on his body. He was shot in his head, arm and chest.
A Dawn.com report stated that the firing incident also killed a woman and injured Ali’s guard Rehman Ali. The guard was reported as saying that the attacker’s only intended target was Ali who had been receiving threats since a while.
Ali was scheduled to appear in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi today, pertaining to the Benazir murder case.
Ali was also the prosecutor investigating the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which 166 people were killed.
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sooooooooooooooo sad.ths iz vary sad moment for us
@expaki: One almost never hears about the culprits in the first assassination in our nation... that of Khan Liaqat Ali Khan. After his death democracy was forced to fail and dictators ruled the Pakistani landscape. After removing the elected prime minister from office through murder, the feudals tried to marginalize the Bengalis. As a result of the conspiracy the constitution was abrogated and the military-feudal complex took over Pakistan. The feudals and their sentries the army took over the reins of the country and never let go.
That, my friend, is when the ship started sinking.
@Zulfiqar:
What IK meant was someone in the (PPP) party who wants to grab the power from BB. The investigators should check BB's will for authentication. If it is not then the investigation should start from there. Naheed Khan said that she does not know of any will so it could be fake.
@Heran:
Do you think that one prosecutor was the only who is looking after the case. There is another guy who was looking after the case (don't remember his name) on the day when he was shot. Only possibility is that the case will delay for few days.
@Civilain:
What evidence you are talking about? BB drop dead in the car. All her blood spilled in the car. The blood washed out from the road is of the other people who died in the blast. You talked like to a teenage kid, but the teenager are very smart of the present time.
@Analyzer: Janab Analyzer Sahib, if monsters of "strategic depth" did not kill her, then would you very kindly "Analyze" who killed her? please awake up, ship is sinking.
I am sure a serious conspiracy killed BB. After the conspirators achieved her killing they threw it in the plate of TTP. I am not pro TTP but I believe TTP was used as scapegoat in that case.
@Feroz: You said it, Ferozsahab! Right on the button!!
@Heran: Did Musharraf did Benazir in? Quite possible. The man who indulged in Kargil misadventure without thinking can do anything (without thinking, of course!)
May o3 was the date of hearing of Musharraf's absonding and asset freeze case.Since he has already appeared in the court and has also been investigated, a favourable decision was thus very likely. The elements which wanted it to be delayed could be behind the murder. Another new element in the case was the statement of Musharraf formally implicating Rehman Malik for serious breaches in the internal security of BB for which he was responsible.The foregoing statement may also have implications for powerful people.
Sad, sad and sad .............. we cannot face the truth about ourselves !
how is musharraf benefitting from killing the lead prosecutor in BB case? anyone who believes that he actually had a hand in it needs to examine their head. nor is the army interested in assasinating lawyers, otherwise God knows how many lawyers would have been 6 feet under today. my mind would go to the PPP. as everyone knows, the taliban may have killed BB, but who was behind her? rahman malik and zardari come to mind.
No wonder Pakistan is notorious for being called the "LAWLESS COUNTRY." RIP Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali , who ever takes your place should double their efforts to find the real killers of BB and show to these people that the law of the country has long arm.
what a shame, simple Pakistanis blaming Army straightly, despite all indicators pointing that army would least benefit from such an incident, and that musharraf is already under custody. We Pakistanis are bent upon destroying our own institutions (which are still left working)...Keep on voting to PPPP and PML N and enjoy my fellow Pakistanis
@Positive Pakistani: @BILAL: @Weird: @Rehan:
Pathetic thinking why no body want to investigate the under world done zardari shame on all of you for blaming PAK ARMY.
Good news for APML followers, their leader will be save.
we as pakistanis very quickly believe in conspiracy theories. this most likely is not helping musharraf if anything.
It's quiet evident - now that Musharraf is on house-arrest and confided to TWO ROOMS only with no access to any communication -
It is someone else who didn't wanted this guy to appear in-front of the courts !!
Tells a lot as to who can be behind this - but also definitely it's not Musharraf who they are trying to frame !!
All these Criminals contesting for Elections - One really thinks what a recipe for disaster this is. All have got cases, corruption charges - all parties are deeply involved in one thing or the other - as there is no accountability.
ECP rejected a few members and after a few days they were accepted - LOL !!!
May ALLAH HELP PAKISTAN !!
Sad news. I wish like hollywood movies he left a flash drive with a friend at safe place who could turn it in after his death :( :(
This country badlyyyy needs Martial Law... A major surgery required.... Else country is gone
I wonder how big a storm it would have created if PPP were still in power? Taliban were not the killers of BB as their spokesman Imran Khan said a couple of days ago. Why would TTP kill anybody, they are peace loving organization?
The masterminds behind the murder of BB and the 26/11 Mumbai terror plot are the same. No civilian or terrorist has the power to order washing of the crime scene after murder like in the BB case.
@Rehan: No! The ones who are behind the murder of Baitullah Mehsud, Khalid Shansha, and Rehman Dakait (Now called Sardar Abdul Rehman)
Who is the boss in Pakistan? Whose writ runs there?
Shame for Pakistanis that they blame their army so carelessly. Why not thinking that Rehman Malik was becoming in the grip of law after interrogation of PM.
@Aziz: Sorry not for Gen Mush. For Army he is a spent force. It is for those who were the part of conspiracy and serving. Truth brings discredit to the ARMY not Mush alone.
Poor woman... What was her fault btw?
Not Army. But those whose secrets were about to disclose by the interrogation of army man. He pointed out who must have killed BB and must be interrogated. It needs understanding dear.
Can we blame India, Israel or USA for this murder? Was he an Indian Spy? Did some one play Kargil here? RIP
BB was not killed by Taliban, the statement of IK now making sense to most of people out there now !
@jssidhoo: Seems quite plausible. Any way as for Benazir case it wasn't going anywhere.
or its could be a pure sectarian case
Wat was sad was that BB got asassinated in a garrison town of Rawalpindi a few kilometers from GHQ under the rule of a Miliraty man and the evidence was washed within minutes from the crime through a fire brigade hosing it down and it is said that order came from high up from the top.
The thing is there might have concrete proofs in BB Murder case that could have lead to convict some one or some group. The same group is behind this killing. If one looked back at the BB Murder case, It is quite clear, from where she have been receiving life threats.
Sad moment for us, as we are treating Pakistan Army as enemy of Pakistan. I don't think that Army is getting any benefit out of this except blames.
Am I watching "The God-Father" ??
@Weird: there u go blame the army for everything.....cheap comment....
@jssidhoo: Hahaha seriously?
another victim in BB murder case
Who is supposed to benefit from this assassination?
@Rehan: Judiciary
Cunning headline - he was also handling the 26/11 Mumbai attack. And pumping twelve bullets into him, the assassins made sure there was not even a slight chance of his survival.
This is called tragedy of errors.
Powerful individuals and groups can easily defy justice. Even the Supreme Court is helpless.
@Rehan: Do not blame the entire institution of the Army. See who benefits personally and directly.
@Analyzer: Hahaha Good one mate, Let people live in their foulness world and keep voting PPPP & PML-N
I knew it from the very first day Army is keeping an eye on what drama is being played in Courts against ex president, simple, Long live army men.
here begins Musaharraf's bail out plan.
Typical bollywood movie scene
To all those who say that the army are reaponsible for this becauae of musharraf's trial. If anyone musharaff would have wanted to get rid off, it would have been nawaz, top prioroty. This is more political in nature.
The biggest market in Pakistan ++++++++++++++++++++++ Bullet Proof vests.
According to other news sources one of the assailants got injured by return fire which might be receiving treatment at CMH!!
@Rehan. No, its too obvious. Army does not benefit from this.
Why is Pakistan treating its own Citizens the same way that it treated Sarabjit? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Value of Human Life in Pakistan is in dimes!.
As per the news report in Times of India he was also handling the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case.
Good luck with the jungle law.
May Allah have mercy on us all, AMEN. I wonder who's covering who ? Who wants to try the ex-president for murder of an ex-PM and who wants this not to come to an end, with all that is happening, we surely are calling for Almighty's wrath.
@Peer Sain: Army.
One wonders who eliminated him and who is being benefited?
Yes, the extremist killed him so that no one finds out that it was the extremist who killed BB...
Sad, looks like FIA was getting close to the culprits. RIP !
Pakistan Army is mighty indeed!
The strategic depth are no longer satisfied being in depth they want to be center stage and in lead roles.