Re: Benazir accuses supporters of Zia-ul-Haq of being behind this latest atrocity
I wholeheartedly agree with that.
When it comes to pointing fingers at who allowed extremists to flourish in Pakistan then the blame can be put on all sides from Zia onwards. Benazir's government in the 1990's actively encouraged and supported the Taliban and it's takeover of Afghanistan. Her Interior Minister Babar boasted of how the Taliban were "his babies", all the time when they were persecuting women and slaughtering Shia Muslims. It was during that PPP govt era and nurturing of the Taliban that Bin Laden moved to Afghanistan in 1996. It was from that Taliban horror that we are still suffering today, and for which we need to all unite to get rid of once and for all, instead of the constant accusations based on selective historical reasoning.
Even Musharraf supported them whole heartedly till 9/11. Even now he dragged the issue of Lal Masjid to further his own political ambitions. Pathetic really.