Benazir Bhutto assassination: Malik promises to make revelations in his book

Says Afghanistan will held be responsible for cross-border raids by Taliban.


Our Correspondent December 04, 2012

CHITRAL:


Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he would reveal the names of the murderers of Benazir Bhutto and other little-known details of her assassination in his upcoming book.


PPP chairperson and former two-time premier Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack outside Rawalpindi’s Liaqat Bagh in 2007. Then chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Baitullah Mehsud was blamed for the assassination.

Addressing a gathering of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers in Chitral on Monday, Malik also announced several development projects for the district, including establishment of a passport office and a university to be named after Benazir.

He added that the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will launch its mobile services in the district.

The minister

About the volatile security situation along the porous Pak-Afghan border, the minister said Kabul would be held responsible for cross-border attacks by Taliban militants led by Mullah Fazlullah on Pakistani villages and security posts.

Mullah Fazlullah, aka Mullah Radio, and his fighters have taken shelter in northeastern Afghanistan after they were routed in a massive military operation in Swat district in 2009. Since then, they have mounted frequent cross-border attacks on Pakistani security forces and civilians in Malakand, Chitral and Bajaur and Mohmand agencies.

Malik said that Pakistan would respond “accordingly” to any aggression in the future. “I will fight militants till my last breath,” he added.

The interior minister also announced a slew of measures to strengthen security in Chital, which included increasing the number of border guards from 400 to 1,500 and the number of Chitral Scouts platoons to 20 from the current seven.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2012. 

COMMENTS (23)

Hanifa | 11 years ago | Reply

This man cannot read and write proper English. How on earth can he write an entire book?!! Also, why not reveal the names of the culprits to the security agencies or the justice authorities so that they can go after the perpetrators? Why wait so long and reveal it in a book? Something is not right here.

Anonymous | 11 years ago | Reply

So BB's murder is now being used to sell a book. nice

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