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| News about BB's assassin worries Swabi admin |
| 2008-01-09 |
| The reports that the assassin of Pakistan People’s Party chairwoman Benazir Bhutto belongs to Swabi rang alarm bells in the minds of district administration officials on Monday. A television channel reported on Monday that the killer of Benazir Bhutto had been identified and several raids were conducted in Swabi to arrest him. Many journalists visited the district to collect information about the person whose name and village were not mentioned in the news report. DCO terms: District Coordination Officer Muhammad Adil termed the news item as “ridiculous, concocted and baseless.” The local administration did arrest anybody and did not conduct any raids in the district to this end, he added. Swabi District Nazim Shahram Khan also expressed his shock over the report and said a journalist should confirm any report before sending it on air. The district police officer was not available for comment as his mobile phone was not responding. PPP district president Manfat Khan and tehsil president Javid Inqilabi told journalists that the “drama” was devised to divert people’s attention from the real issues. The government, they said, should come forward to expose Benazir Bhutto’s killers, instead of adding to people’s anxiety. They said they had a well-organised party structure in the entire district and the party workers would have informed them had there been any such case. |
| Posted by:Fred |