Murtaza Bhutto

Q: Do you know that under the rules many arms licences cannot be issued to
one single person, like the 85 given to Begum Nusrat Bhutto?
A: This question should be addressed to the Home Secretary, Sindh, and the
secretary to the ministry of interior.
Q: Are you aware of the rules that unlimited licences are not issued in the
name of one person?
A: I don't know the rules.
Q: Did you meet the arrested policemen after the incident?
A: No. On the second, or third day, the scene was reconstructed by the
Crimes Branch. I believe they were there and I did not talk to any one of
them, except SSP Durrani.
Q: Did the armed guards posted outside your house where the incident
occurred tell you about the movement of the police and vehicles? Did they
also fire back at them or were they just watching?
A: No.
Q: On Sept 18, you had said that the Chief Minister had ordered that action
must not be taken against Mir Murtaza for the time being.
A: The decision was taken at the time of oath-taking ceremony of the acting
governor of Sindh and I had made it clear to the SSP South that Mir Murtaza
should not be arrested. As the instructions were already with the SSP, I did
not press them further.
Q: Whatever action was taken by the SSP on Sept 18 was in accordance with
your instructions and in consultation with him?
A: There were no such instructions from me. He took the action on his own.
At this stage, Azizullah K. Shaikh, counsel for the Chief Minister of Sindh,
submitted that he was not filing the vakalatnama on behalf of Asif Ali Zardari
and he wanted to withdraw the undertaking given by him earlier that he
would do so. So far there was no response from the minister.
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