Bilawal Bhutto blames Musharraf for Benazir’s loss of life

Islamabad, Pakistan – An impassioned Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has accused old vogue Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of being guilty for his mom Benazir Bhutto’s damage.

Talking at a rally to tag the tenth anniversary of Bhutto’s damage within the southern Pakistani town of Garhi Khuda Bux on Wednesday, Bilawal led a crowd of hundreds in a chant declaring Musharraf « a assassin ».

Benazir Bhutto, who was as soon as twice elected as Pakistan’s high minister, was as soon as assassinated in a gun and bomb assault quickly after addressing a political rally within the garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi while campaigning for elections in 2007. 

In August, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court exonerated 5 men accused of involvement within the assault, while convicting and sentencing two senior law enforcement officers for willful negligence and tampering with evidence for the length of the investigation into the damage.

The 5 men, accused of being people of the Pakistan Taliban, identified by the acronym TTP, remain in custody pending a prosecution allure.

Musharraf, who denies any involvement within the damage, was as soon as declared a fugitive by the identical court for failing to seem for the length of hearings.

He has no longer been convicted on any prices as of but.

‘We did no longer derive justice’

Flanked by his sisters Bakhtawar and Aseefa, who wiped away tears at aspects for the length of the speech, Bilawal told the team he was as soon as upset within the court’s resolution but would continue to strive in opposition to for the independence of the judiciary.

« The judiciary whose independence you fought for … we did no longer derive justice from it, your esteemed father did no longer derive justice from it, I did no longer derive justice from it. »

Talking to the BBC in an interview released on Wednesday, Musharraf denied any responsibility for the damage but acknowledged he may per chance well per chance per chance no longer rule out the involvement of rogue parts at some level of the Pakistani navy.

« [It is a] possibility. Sure indeed, » he acknowledged. « For the reason that society is polarised on non secular lines. »

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has succeeded his mom as chairperson of the Pakistan Folk’s Event, which was as soon as led for the last loads of years by Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir’s widower.

Within the last one year, nonetheless, Bilawal has stepped up to place extra tasks, and will likely be leading the PPP’s election advertising campaign for a neatly-liked parliamentary poll to be held in mid-2018.