Aitzaz says not in Punjab Governor’s race

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LAHORE: Former president of Supreme Court Bar Association and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Aitzaz Ahsan on Thursday ruled out his candidature for the slot of Punjab Governor.

Talking to media after Qul of Salman Taseer at Governor House, he said the President, the Prime Minister and the party would decide about the new governor, adding more suitable personalities were available in the province for the slot and he was not in the race. To a question about the murder of Salman Taseer, he said that all investigation departments should jointly investigate the case and it should be transparent.
“The murder should not be termed in any other manner before the result of the investigations,” he added.
He said that element of violence was increasing in politics, which had started during the era of General Ziaul Haq.
He said that violence and suicide attacks on mosques, Imambarghas, churches and other worship places were growing, and expressed his apprehension that some elements wanted to destroy the state. “Some foreign agencies are destabilising the country through anti-state activities in Balochistan,” he added. He said that tolerance introduced by ‘Soofis and Aulia’ was recognition of this region which was now being eliminated. -Agencies

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Musharraf refuses to appear before panel

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ISLAMABAD: Former president General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf has refused to appear before any commission set up regarding the murders of Benazir Bhutto and Akbar Bugti. During an interview with a private television channel, Musharraf maintained, “It was not my responsibility to provide security to Benazir Bhutto; who told her to come out of the rooftop of her vehicle”?

He said that President was not supposed to provide security to anyone. “I feel bad when the security agencies are being accused of having a hand in BB’s murder, they did nothing of sort”, Musharraf asserted. “Only people like Jehangir Badar alleged me of the murder”, the former COAS stated.
Replying to a question on Akbar Bugti’s murder, he said that “Frontier Constabulary has been established to defend the country but Akbar Bugti was fighting with it on the mountains. -NNI

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