Murtaza Bhutto

Earlier answering questions, Mr Durrani gave his personal background. He
said he joined the police in 1979 as ASP, and served in Dadu.
"I went to Islamabad as section officer and later posted as SP, Nawabshah;
then posted as SSP Central, Karachi, AIG (Establishment at Central police
office), SSP at Sukkur, then OSD for four months; SSP of Nawabshah, again
AIG (Establishment for one month), SSP (Karachi East), SSP CIA, and SSP
(South) since May 8, 1996.
Answering a question, he told the tribunal that he had worked as SP,
Nawabshah, from 1989 to April 1990 and as SSP from 1983 to November,
1984. He said he had first worked as SP, Nawabshah, and his second posting
as SSP was from December 1993 to December 1994.
Question from the tribunal: How were you involved in this operation?
A: On the morning of Sept 17 at 3:45am I was informed by my SP that he had
heard that Mir Murtaza and some of his guards while looking for Ali Sonara
had raided the CIA Garden Centre. He apprehended they will also raid other
police stations in the district South and all the police stations needed to be
vigilant. Accordingly, all police stations in the district were informed about
this.
Mir Murtaza had also raided another CIA centre, known as Riaz centre, near
Napier PS, at 3:45 am on the day, he said.
"On the same afternoon, the DIG rang me up between 2 and 2:30pm and
asked me if I knew about it and that in the evening Mir Murtaza was to hold
a Press conference at the Karachi Press Club and I was asked to check his
guards for the illegal arms", he said.
"I directed the DSP of Preedy to verify whether it is true if he (Murtaza) was
going to the KPC to hold a Press conference, and that before taking any action
he (DSP) should take my permission. "I also came to know at 2 pm that
inspector Zeeshan Kazmi, SHO of Khokhrapar, had arrested Ali Sonara. The
IB in charge for Karachi, Inspector Abbas, confirmed to me that Mir Murtaza
was not going to the KPC, and instead Ashiq Hussain Jatoi is holding a Press
conference. I asked him (SHO) to find out and inform me as to what he
(Ashiq) had stated there".
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