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Bhutto Murder: Zardari alleges Govt hand, wants UN probe

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Posted online: Saturday , January 05, 2008 at 12:00:00
Updated: Saturday , January 05, 2008 at 08:56:14


Washington, January 5: Elements within the Pakistan government were involved in the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, her husband alleged today and sought the West's support for a UN investigation into the assassination, saying the ongoing official probe is like putting a ‘fox in charge of the henhouse’.

"Her murder does not end her vision and must not be allowed to empower her assassins. Those responsible – within and outside of government -- must be held accountable," Asif Ali Zardari wrote in a commentary in the Washington Post.

"I call on the United Nations to commence a thorough investigation of the circumstances, facts and cover-up of my wife's murder, modelled on the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri," he said.

Zardari also called on the ‘friends of democracy in the West’, particularly the US and Britain, to support such an investigation.

"An investigation conducted by the government of Pakistan will have no credibility, in my country or anywhere else," he wrote.

"One does not put the fox in charge of the henhouse."

Zardari also alleged that the government postponed the general elections as they knew that Musharraf and his 'King's Party', a reference to the PML-Q that backs the President, ‘were going to be thoroughly rejected at the polls and that the PPP and other pro-democracy parties would win a majority’.

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Ethical Governance by skannath on 06 Jan 2008

With so many people having a reason against MS Bhutto, she was killed by a pawn on this chessboard. Indian society has not experienced Politics of Envy, to the degree it is practised elsewhere. When there are differences scores can be settled by totally unknown. This incident has affected human psyche for sure, but its high time people take a stand not to do other peoples dirty work, before saying yes know, why they are doing it and in good conscience, take a stand against it if wrong.

Oh my goodness, we the neighbor of a Foxy-Kingdom…!!! by KMR Overseas on 06 Jan 2008

...hence some foxy cousins flexing muscle here !!!

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