Re: pakistani politicians reaction on benazir’s assassination
Jamali sad over killing
QUETTA, Dec 28: Former prime minister Mir Zaffarullah Jamali on Friday condemned assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and termed it a conspiracy against the country. Talking to APP on telephone, he said that her killing was a worst example of cruelty and inhumanity. “No religion in the world allows killing of innocent lives and those responsible for the act will not escape the wrath of Allah Almighty,” he said. He hoped that the government would utilize all available resources to reach the perpetrators. He expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in the incident and added that the nation stand united with the family of Benazir and other PPP workers and appealed to the people to stay calm and let the government do its job.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/29/local24.htm
Deposed CJ condemns Benazir’s killing
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry condemned the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and other innocent citizens on Thursday and declared it a cruel and cowardly act and well calculated attack on the forces who ever hoped for true democracy. “This has come as a shock to the entire nation including myself,” Justice Chaudhry said in a statement released by Advocate Athar Minallah here on Friday. “This is a wound which will probably never heal,” he said and offered sympathies to Ms Bhuttos husband Asif Ali Zardari and her children. “My sympathies are with the families of all innocent lives lost and the nation who stand united in this moment of grief,” the statement.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/29/nat9.htm
She was a threat to establishment: Aitzaz
LAHORE, Dec 27: Pakistan People’s Party leader Aitzaz Ahsan expressed sorrow over the tragedy befalling Benazir Bhutto, saying “there were great apprehensions in the establishment about her chances in the election.” Speaking to Dawn over phone on Thursday, he claimed: “Even though her rhetoric was soft towards the establishment, she was considered by her nature a threat to the establishment. “Everyone feared that she would be a dominating partner in any alliance or arrangement within the structure of the state. She was not expected to be a Shujaat Husain, Zafarullah Jamali or Shaukat Aziz,” Aitzaz replied to a query on reasons behind her assassination. “It (the establishment) endeavoured to thwart her onward march on the date of her arrival in Karachi. And those who feared her finally got her in Rawalpindi,” he said, demanding that there should be a proper, free and fair investigation. But it was not possible as long as the present regime remained in office, he hastened to add. Already they had spoiled the investigation into the Karachi blast of Oct 18, ridiculing Benazir’s demand for independent investigation from the United Kingdom, he said. The tragedy, he said, had put the federation of Pakistan at a great risk and a great burden rested on the Punjab and the Punjabis to demonstrate their solidarity with the people of Sindh. “Benazir Bhutto was not a leader of only one province, but she had following in all the provinces. It is for the Punjabis to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Sindhis in a struggle against the present system,” he said. Earlier, Aitzaz sounded sad and expressed his feelings in these words. “I am deeply grieved. I have not felt so sad and depressed since April 4, 1979 when her father was executed. There is not a greatest challenge the country faces today. This colossal tragedy, he said, had exposed the federation to jeopardy. “She was a great leader and her nationwide party reflected the federation itself because the PPP reached out to every region and nook and corner of every province,” he said.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/28/nat17.htm
Rafiq Ahmad Tarar
Former President of Pakistan and PML-N Rafiq Ahmad Tarar said that the assassination of Benazir was a national tragedy. He said that the murder of BB and the firing at the public rally of PML-N leader Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, both on the same day and in the same city was reflective of the incompetence of the current regime. According to him under such conditions, rulers should resign and a national government should be inducted after a consensus.
Qazi Hussain Ahmad
Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has called upon the nation to observe a nation wide strike on Friday to protest against the tragic murder of Benazir Bhuto. In a press statement, he said the whole nation was in a state of shock upon her assassination. Following tragic deaths of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Murtaza Bhutto and Shahnawaz Bhutto, it was another tragedy befalling the Bhuto family. He alleged that President Musharraf should resign immediately because he alone was responsible for the tragedy. He further added that a civilian government should be established forthwith which could restore the constitution and the judiciary and create an election friendly environment. staff report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\28\story_28-12-2007_pg13_4