When was benazir bhutto assassinated

Murdered Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto's daughters today hit out at Pervez Musharraf for accusing their father Asif Ali Zardari of being responsible for her assassination, calling the former dictator a "murderer" and "coward". An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a former senior policeman Saud Aziz to 17 years in prison for the assassination of the country's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Five people have been acquitted, while former President Pervez Musharraf has been declared an absconder.

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Pervez Musharraf in a case relating to the killing of a Lal Masjid cleric was adjourned to November 4 in Islamabad. Bhutto's supporters took to the streets, putting up road blocks, lighting fires and chanting anti-Pakistan slogans. A decade later, the general in charge of Pakistan at the time has suggested people in the establishment could have been involved in her murder.

Asked whether rogue elements within the establishment could have been in touch with the Taliban about the killing, General Pervez Musharraf replied: "Possibility. Yes indeed. Because the society is polarised on religious lines. And, he said, those elements could have had a bearing on her death.

It's a startling statement from a former Pakistani head of state. Normally military leaders in Pakistan deny any suggestion of state complicity in violent jihadist attacks. Asked whether he had any specific information about rogue elements in the state being involved in the assassination, he said: "I don't have any facts available. But my assessment is very accurate I think A lady who is in known to be inclined towards the West is seen suspiciously by those elements.

Musharraf has himself been charged with murder, criminal conspiracy for murder and facilitation for murder in relation to the Bhutto case. Prosecutors say that he phoned Benazir Bhutto in Washington on 25 September, three weeks before she ended eight years in self-imposed exile. Long-serving Bhutto aide Mark Seighal and journalist Ron Suskind both say they were with Bhutto when the call came in. According to Seighal, immediately after the call Bhutto said: "He threatened me. He told me not to come back.

He warned me not to come back. Musharraf said he would not be responsible for what would happen to Bhutto if she returned, Seighal told the BBC. Musharraf strongly denies making the call and dismisses the idea that he would have ordered her murder. The legal proceedings against Musharraf have stalled because he is in self-imposed exile in Dubai. Benazir Bhutto's son and political heir, Bilawal, has rejected his denials out of hand. While Musharraf's case is on hold, others have been acquitted of the crime.

Within weeks of the assassination, five suspects had confessed to helping the year-old Bilal assassinate Bhutto at the behest of the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda. The first person to be arrested, Aitzaz Shah, had been told by the Pakistan Taliban that he would be the suicide bomber chosen to kill Bhutto.

Much to his annoyance he was kept in reserve in case the attempt failed. Two others, Rasheed Ahmed and Sher Zaman, confessed they were mid-ranking organisers of the conspiracy and two Rawalpindi-based cousins, Hasnain Gul and Rafaqat Hussain, told the authorities that they provided accommodation to Bilal the night before the killing.

It is called The Assassination. Even though these confessions were subsequently withdrawn, phone records showing the suspects' locations and communications in the hours before Bhutto's murder seem to corroborate them.

Hasnain Gul also led the police to some physical evidence in his apartment. DNA from Bilal's body parts gathered after his attack and tested in a US lab matched the DNA on some training shoes, cap and a shawl Bilal had left behind in Hasnain's residence when he put on his suicide vest.

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The trial of seven Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks was today adjourned till May The request was made a day after the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court cancelled Musharraf's interim bail in the same case.

Musharraf was declared a "proclaimed offender" or fugitive for failing to cooperate with investigators probing Bhutto's assassination. Have you read these stories?

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