KARACHI: A judge on Monday said three suspects confessed before him that they wanted to kill President Pervez Musharraf as they considered him âa murderer of (a) Muslim nationâ because he sold out Pakistan to America and bargained on Kashmir with India and US.
| Well, that makes it okay, then, I guess... |
Judicial magistrate Fareed Anwer Kazi told the anti-terrorism court during the trial against five militants in a plot to kill Musharraf, that he had recorded the statements of three of them, who confessed before him about the plot. âAccused Mohammad Imran Bhai, Hanif Ayub and Mohammad Ashraf confessed that they wanted to kill Musharraf. âI am chief of Harkatul Mujahideen al-Aalmi. I, along with Sharaib and Hanif arranged the plan to murder President Musharraf due to three reasons. Firstly, he is the murderer of Muslim nation,â Kazi quoted Bhai saying as he submitted a copy of the confession. Secondly, he had sold out Pakistan to America, and thirdly, he had bargained with America and India on Kashmir,â Bhai said in the document, according to Kazi. âI arranged the money for the vehicle, which was supposed to be used for the bomb blast. Sharaib loaded the explosives, weighing 400 to 500 kilograms and an inspector of the Rangers provided us voluntarily assistance regarding the movement of the President. Kamran offered to become the suicide attacker on Musharraf, but I stopped him and decided to use a remote (detonator) for the attack,â Bhai said. Kamran switched the remote detonator on but it did not work, Bhai said. All three statements by suspects were given âvoluntarilyâ and there was no pressure on them, Kazi said. âThe prosecution will produce one more witness on Wednesday, and the case is expected to be completed this week,â public prosecutor Habib Ahmed told reporters. |