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MIR MURTAZA'S GUARDS WERE PROVIDED BY<br />

GOVT. PPP (SB)<br />

LARKANA, Sept 24, 1996: The PPP (Shaheed <strong>Bhutto</strong>)'s acting president<br />

Sindh Chapter, Qazi Shafiq Mahesar said on Tuesday that Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong> had<br />

been travelling with official guards provided to him by the Sindh government<br />

in his capacity as MPA when his convoy was ambushed by Sindh police and<br />

indiscriminately fired upon. Giving the official version of the PPP (SB),<br />

Mahesar and provincial secretary general of PPP (SB), Maula Baksh Mashori<br />

said that Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong> was returning home from a corner meeting at Yusuf<br />

village Surjani town. About 100 yards away from his home in 70 Clifton, his<br />

convoy of four vehicles was ambushed by the Sindh police and fired upon<br />

without warning. This resulted in the instant death of Ashique Jatoi acting<br />

president of PPP(SB) Sindh, Yar Mohammed Baluch, member Sindh Council,<br />

Wajahat Hussain Johkio, information secretary, Hyderabad Division of<br />

PPP(SB), Mohammed Rahim Brohi and Sattar Rajpar, party workers, critically<br />

injuring Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong>. The firing also hurt the police guards provided<br />

by the government to Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong>, namely Mohammed Bachal and<br />

Ayaz Dayo. Also injured were Mohammed Ismail, party worker, Dr Mazhar<br />

Memon senior vice president of PPP (SB) and Asghar Ali, personal servant of<br />

Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong>, the party alleged. The PPP (SB) related that the cross-fire<br />

between police and Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong>'s party continued for half an hour.<br />

Afterwards, the rangers appeared on the scene and the police cordoned off<br />

the area. The area from Agha's supermarket to main Clifton helipad was<br />

crawling with police and rangers. Furthermore, they stated that the PPP (SB)<br />

party bled for about one hour after which they were shifted to the Mideast<br />

Hospital, hardly a furlong away from the scene of occurrence. According to<br />

them, there was no surgeon or anesthetist available to attend the injured. At<br />

about midnight, Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong> was declared dead by the hospital<br />

authorities in the presence of his wife Ghinwa <strong>Bhutto</strong>, daughter Fatima<br />

<strong>Bhutto</strong> and legal consul Mir Mohammed Sheikh and others. The PPP (SB)<br />

contradicted the police version attributing that Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong>'s guards began<br />

the firing. This was borne out by the fact that not a single policeman was<br />

fatally injured. They alleged that Mr <strong>Bhutto</strong>'s convoy was neither stopped nor<br />

cautioned to stop by the police. As such, the question of opening fire on<br />

police did not arise. Qazi Mahesar pointed out that only four hours before his<br />

assassination, Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong> had held a press conference stating that the police<br />

could arrest him any time, provided they showed him the warrant of arrest.<br />

<strong>Murtaza</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong>; Copyright © www.bhutto.org<br />

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