Murtaza Bhutto

A: No.
Q: Were you a member of the party which raided the police stations or CIA
centres in search of Ali Sonara?
A: No.
Q: When the date of the meeting in Surjani Town was fixed?
A: I don't know.
Q: What was the position of Ali Sonara in the party?
A: He was one of the three vice presidents and was for responsible for
Karachi.
Q: Were you aware of Al-Zulfiqar Organisation's activities?
A: No.
Q: Are Asghar Ali and Noor Mohammad, attendants of Mir Murtaza, from
Larkana?
A: Noor Mohammad was either from Thatta or Badin, and Asghar Ali was
from Larkana. The latter had also worked with Benazir Bhutto and I don't
know whether he was paid by either of the two.
The next witness was Dr Zahid Hussain Jatoi, a medical doctor and a
landlord, younger brother of Ashiq Hussain Jatoi, who had been killed in the
incident. He started his evidence by saying that on every Friday the family
used to meet and at one of these meetings I told my elder brother not to be
involved in making speeches and statements. I explained to him that Murtaza
and Benazir have brother-sister relationship and because of his (Ashique)
political activities he might be put behind the bars in some fake case and what
will happen to us poor people. Ashiq Jatoi was afraid of Durrani, who was
the SP of Dadu in 1984, because at that time a gambling den was being
operated with the connivance of the SP. My brother complained to the then
martial law authorities and the place was raided on the orders of Brig Salim.
We brothers were called by the SP of Dadu at that time and he was very rude
to us because my brother had made a complaint to the brigadier. Durrani had
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