Murtaza Bhutto

PLOTS TO FINISH OFF BHUTTOS STILL ON: PM
By Shamim-ur-Rahman
KARACHI, Sept 23, 1996: Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said on Monday that
even after the killing of Mir Murtaza Bhutto the enemies of the Quaid-i-
Awam were still conspiring to get the Bhuttos eliminated.
Speaking to people mourning the killing of Mir Murtaza at Bilawal House,
she said: "The people are eager to know the truth and no one will be able to
hide it from them as, in the end, truth will triumph."
A large number of Bhutto mourners who had gathered to offer Fateha, kept
on weeping as Ms Bhutto said, in a chocked voice, that the death of Mir
Murtaza was a great tragedy for Pakistan and, particularly, for the Bhutto
family. "It's a great tragedy not because he was a brother of the prime
minister; it's a tragedy because he was a firm believer in democracy. He was
the head of his party and an elected representative", the prime minister said.
Begum Nusrat Bhutto who was flanked by the prime minister and her
younger daughter, Sanam, was a totally shaken mother, occasionally banging
her forehead with her hand in grief, as Quranic versus were being recited and
Ms Bhutto made a short but emotional statement to thank those who had
gathered to share the grief of the Bhutto family.
Praising Mir Murtaza as a brave leader with a firm conviction in democracy,
she said a high-powered judicial commission had been set up and anyone
who could shed light on the police shooting in which Mir Murtaza Bhutto
was killed near his 70 Clifton residence, should come forward. In this context
she pointed out that the policemen who were involved in the shooting had
been suspended.
Ms Bhutto recalled her recent meeting with Mir Murtaza two months earlier
at Islamabad and said: "It was a very good meeting between brother and
sister but our enemies were not happy with that meeting. The enemies of
Quaid-i-Awam were still conspiring to eliminate the remaining of his family."
The July 7 meeting had taken place between Mir Murtaza and Ms Bhutto
amid reports that Begum Bhutto and some well-wishers were close to striking
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