Sources say interior minister wanted to present the report before PPP’s CEC.
KARACHI:
Differences between President Asif Ali Zardari and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik seem to have increased after the former stopped the latter from revealing the Benazir Bhutto assassination investigation report before the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee (CEC).
Daily Express has learnt the president issued the instructions to Malik just hours before the commemorative PPP rally at Garhi Khuda Bux on Benazir’s fifth death anniversary. The interior minister had earlier announced intentions to reveal the report at the occasion.
According to sources, Malik wanted to present the investigation report at the CEC meeting held on Benazir’s fifth death anniversary. He suggested PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari begin his political career by revealing the report, they added.
Towards this end, Malik had been in Karachi over the past few days, meeting with the FIA team investigating Benazir’s assassination and other senior agency officials, along with personally overseeing the publication of the several hundred-page report. The interior minister had planned to distribute copies of the report among committee members and journalists at the CEC meeting.
President Zardari, however, rejected Malik’s suggestions. According to the sources, he directed the minister against presenting the report mere hours before the rally in Garhi Khuda Bux on Thursday.
They added that upon receiving the instructions, Malik directed officials concerned to stop the report’s publication, which had been in its final stages at the time.
It should be noted that the interior minister had earlier presented the report before the Sindh Assembly. Most of the report details have been reported by the media.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 29th, 2012.
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Cooked up ''investigation report'' read fiction, shall be revealed at an oppourtune time when the popularity is at its lowest ever... to fool the already fooled people. Good luck
Release the report after 100 yrs. Remember elder Bhutto used to say he will tell us about Tashkent accord. What happened? Nothing was told. So president Zardari should right down in his will that report should be released after 100 yrs or 3008 which ever come first. This way we , commoner, will have guarantee that one day report will be released.
PPP will use this to win the next elections and people who vote for PPP will spend the next 5 years thinking, where did we go wrong.
As the case of assassination of BB is still in the court and at this stage it is not advisable to use this case politically, therefore it is good decision by president for the Dignity of Court.Ok, may be the report included details of why the autopsy was refused & who refused it !
Can someone explain to me ,the commoner , why was Mr. Zardari Junior screaming at judiciary the other day? If investigation report is not available what judiciary should do? What was the rationale for that speech?
DRAMA
Yes don't reveal:
We know whose the Murderer
The investigation report on BBs assassination may either be damaging for the current PPP leadership or will be devoid of the political capital needed for boosting low popularity graph of the party. That is why Federal Interior Minister was stopped to reveal it on the 5th death anniversary of Benizir Bhutto.
Forget the Indian soaps, our politics is a much better circus.
"KARACHI:Differences between President Asif Ali Zardari and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik seem to have increased after the former stopped the latter from revealing the Benazir Bhutto assassination investigation report before the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee (CEC)." By this what Zardari wants to conceal????
Trump card put on hold. Zardari is waiting for the perfect moment.