Apr

15

Sindh’s dilemma

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In an editorial published in the Dawn about the break up of talks between the PPP and the MQM. PPP is largely based in the rural areas of the province and MQM has strongholds in the urban areas. If MQM does not become a part of power sharing formula in the province, it will widen the rural urban divide. The newspaper has asked both the parties to "ensure that the rural urban divide in the province is not deepened, or worse still, exacerbated."

Talks between the two parties failed when MQM said in a press conference that it has decided to sit in the opposition both in the province and at the centre because the PPP was not serious in the talks and the committee formed by the PPP to hold talks with MQM was giving it a cold shoulder.

MQM has also expressed reservation about the appointment of Shoaib Suddle as the Inspector General of Sindh. Shoaib Suddle was the Deputy Inspector General of Sindh when an operation was against and he was accused of carrying out extra judicial killing. Shoaib Suddle was also nominated in the murder of Murtaza Bhutto, the younger brother Benazir Bhutto. It now seems that the officers involved in Murtaza Bhutto murder case are being rewarded.

The newspaper has said that " it is intriguing that the MQM should take a dim view of Dr. Suddle’s appointment as the Sindh police chief when it has actually patronized many police officers who were believed to have been actively involved in the Karachi operation."

I think that the obvious reference is to Choudhry Aslam who was made the head of an elite team to fight gang warfare in the Layari area Karachi.

 

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Apr

15

National Assembly demands UN probe into Benazir’s Assassination

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The National Assembly of Pakistan has passed a resolution asking the government to approach the United Nations for an investigation into the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on the lines of the investigation made by the international body for the murder to Rafik Hariri, the former primer minister of Lebanon.

The law minister has said that the government will move the Security Council of the United Nations as soon as possible for setting up a panel for identifying the culprits, perpetrators, organizers and financiers behind the heinous crime.

The Pakistan People’s Party has been demanding a UN investigation into the murder of Benazir Bhutto from the very beginning and prime minister Gilani has said in his first speech in the National Assembly that his government will call for a UN investigation to identify the true culprits.

Such high profile political murders in the country have always remained undetected. It will be better for the country if the true people behind the incident are identified and brought to justice by the long arm of the law.

I would like to make one comment on this story. The government must also launch an inquiry into the events after the death of Benazir Bhutto in which extensive damage was done to the public and private property and banks were looted and the province of Sindh remained paralyzed for nearly three days.

 

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