Murtaza Bhutto

A: During the MRD movement for eight months.
Q: Since when you knew Murtaza?
A: When he returned to Pakistan and when he was appearing before the
courts here.
Q: Which party you were in before joining the PPP (SB)?
A: I remained with the PPP, and with the SB party when it was formed, and
for a short while I was also with the NPP and had been its president for
Sindh. About a year ago, A. R. Kharal, who was the home secretary, Sindh,
had told me that the government wanted to provide guards to Mir Murtaza
and he communicated this to him (MMB), and he was not willing to take
police guards provided by the government and he wanted his own men to
guard him. I informed the home secretary about it and then it was suggested
that he can have his own men to whom we will give official recognition as
official guards.
Q: Did Mir Murtaza mention at any time at party meetings that he is having
opposition from any political opponents?
A: He did not name any party by name but he always used to condemn Asif
Zardari for his corrupt practices he was involved in.
Q: Did he ever mention any danger to his life from foreign elements?
A: No.
Q: Did your party try to evaluate people around the party to see whether any
of them were RAW agents?
A: Mir Murtaza was always of the view that allegations had been made that
there were RAW agents in his party and that these allegations were made by
the government of Benazir Bhutto. If the allegations had any basis, Mir
Murtaza was of the view that the government should charge them for the
offences in the courts.
Q: Anyone convicted for being a RAW agent?
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