Murtaza Bhutto

GHINWA SAYS SHE HAS NO INTENTION TO
LEAVE COUNTRY
KARACHI, Sept 30, 1996: The wife of late Mir Murtaza Bhutto, Ghinwa
Bhutto, has categorically stated here that she has no intention to leave the
country.
She was talking to newsmen briefly at 70-Clifton on Monday soon after the
conclusion of a condolence meeting held to offer collective prayers for the
departed leader and his colleagues.
An apparently worried but a composed and confident widow declined
reports that she was planning to leave the country. She said her children had
left the country temporarily because they were familiar to her mother who
wanted to see them. According to her, they would return to the country after
a short interval.
Though she has yet to decide her future plans but her decision to stay in
Pakistan implied that she would ultimately lead the party of her slain
husband. Earlier, speaking at a condolence meeting Mrs Ghinwa Bhutto
expressed the hope that the blood of her husband would unite the country
and put it on the road of peace and prosperity. She thanked the people for
sharing her grief for 10 days, saying that "your presence shows it is yours as
well as my loss".
Late Mir Murtaza Bhutto, his close confidant Ashique Jatoi and seven others
were killed in a police firing on Sept 30. The Pakistan People's Party (SB) has
announced a 10-day mourning programme to condole the death of the slain
leader and his colleagues. Monday was the last mourning day. A condolence
meeting was arranged on this occasion. It was attended by a large number of
people including women. Present on the occasion were party leaders which
included Abdullah Baloch, Ehsanullah Bhutti, Sohail Sethi, Ghulam Sarwar
Bagh, Ishaq Khakwani, Qazi Shafiq Mehr and others.
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