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[DAWN] A Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC) which announced the verdict in the Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
murder case on Thursday stated that the liquidation of the former premier "could have been prevented if the Rawalpindi District Police had taken adequate security measures."
The ATC in its 46-page long order suggested Bhutto's murder was the result of an inadequate response to security threats.
It concluded that "Bhutto was killed in an attack as a result of firing, followed by a kaboom caused by an unknown jacket wallah on her way back from addressing a political gathering at Liaquat Bagh."
According to the court order, explosives were detonated near Bhutto's car, as she left the rally, by a 15-year-old boy. "No one believes that this boy acted alone," the order added.
"A range of government officials failed profoundly in their efforts first to protect Ms Bhutto and second to investigate with vigour all those responsible for her murder, not only in the execution of the attack, but also in its conception, planning and financing," it said.
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