The govt is considering some of the PPP demands. Now when will Zardari allow an autopsy of the body? What has he got to hide?
Musharraf agrees to consider foreign help in murder probe
President Pervez Musharraf agreed on Sunday to “consider” international help for a probe into the death of Benazir Bhutto in a conversation with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Downing Street said. Mr Brown spoke to President Musharraf Sunday after a previous call on Friday and stressed the need to hold the January 8 election on time, Brown’s office said. “The Prime Minister underlined the need to push ahead with the democratic process and to avoid any significant delays to the electoral timetable,” a Downing Street spokesman said. “The Prime Minister also reinforced the UK’s offer of an extension to our already significant counter-terrorism cooperation. “Potential international support to the Pakistani investigation into the tragic death of Ms Bhutto was also raised, with both sides agreeing to consider this suggestion further.” Pakistan’s interior ministry has ruled out international help, saying that the world community “does not understand the environment” in the country. Foreign Secretary David Miliband pledged on Saturday that the British government would make “full resources” available to Pakistan to help with the investigation into Ms Bhutto’s death. The Downing Street spokesman said the two sides had also agreed on the need for all sides in Pakistan “to pursue a path of reconciliation and restraint”.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/31/top3.htm
Re: Musharraf agrees to consider foreign help in murder probe
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/latest-national-news/Miliband-No-reason-to-doubt.3628100.jp
Miliband: No reason to doubt claims
Britain has no reason to doubt the Pakistani government’s account of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has insisted. Supporters of Ms Bhutto dispute claims that an “al Qaida” militant leader was behind Thursday’s attack, instead accusing the authorities of mounting a cover-up. The former prime minister was killed on Thursday when a suicide bomber first shot at her and then blew himself up as she left a rally ahead of elections due on January 8. Further anger has been sparked by official findings that the cause of death was not bullets or shrapnel but the blast forcing her head into a lever as she ducked back into her armoured vehicle. Mr Miliband welcomed the setting up of an inquiry into the circumstances - to be led by a high court judge selected with the approval of the Bhutto family. Speaking as he emerged from the Pakistan High Commission in London where he signed a book of condolence for Ms Bhutto, he said:** "We have followed carefully the reports from the Pakistani government and we have no evidence to contradict the reports that are coming out of Pakistan.** “Obviously it is very important that a full investigation does take place and has the confidence of all concerned. I have made clear to the acting primeminister of Pakistan, on the telephone, that the full resources of the British Government would be available if needed to help get to the bottom of this terrible tragedy.”