Murtaza Bhutto

MIR HAD NAMED CONSPIRATORS HOURS
BEFORE HE WAS KILLED
KARACHI, Jan 18, 1997: Mir Murtaza Bhutto in his last public address hours
before he was killed in police action had named the people who had been
conspiring against him and they were Asif Ali Zardari, Syed Abdullah Shah,
the director-general of Intelligence Bureau, Masood Sharif, the deputy
inspector-general of police, Karachi Range, Dr Shoaib Suddle; and the then
SSP South, Wajid Ali Durrani. At a public meeting held in Surjani Town
arranged by Maqbool Channa and members of the minority community,
Murtaza Bhutto had named these people as those who were conspiring
against him and others whose names have been mentioned in the last FIR
lodged by one of the party supporter, Noor Mohammad.
Abdullah Baloch, a member of the executive committee of PPP (SB), on
Saturday testified before the three-member judicial tribunal inquiring into the
causes of the death of Mir Murtaza and seven of his men on September 20,
1996, at Clifton near his house. The tribunal comprises Justice Nasir Aslam
Zahid, judge of the Supreme Court; Justice Amanullah Abbasi, and Justice
(Dr) Ghous Mohammad, judges of the High Court of Sindh.
The witness said the tape-recordings of the event are available with him in
which Mir Murtaza had also said that if the authorities wanted him, they only
have to produce a proper warrant of arrest and that he was ready to go with
them, irrespective of the fact from what level of authority the orders have
come from. Mr Baloch, a founder member of the PPP-SB (the party was
founded in March 1995), said that Surjani Town meeting was organised by
the local organisers and he was one of the speakers at the meeting. Others
who spoke were Ashiq Hussain Jatoi, president Sindh PPP (SB); Malik Bagh,
divisional president, and many others.
Q: What time the meeting concluded at Surjani Town?
A: at About 8:00 or 8:15 pm and from there I left for my home in Old Golimar.
I received a phone call from 70- Clifton at about 9 pm or 9:15 pm, saying that
the party chief and his men have been attacked by the police and he
(Murtaza) has been taken to Mideast Medical Centre. My law office is next to
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