Zardari involved in Benazir Bhutto s assassination: Musharraf

Islamabad Sep 21 (IANS) Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday accused Peoples Party of Pakistan leader Asif Ali Zardari of "having the most to gain from Benazir Bhutto s murder " in a video posted on his official Facebook page. The video came days after he was accused of being involved in the murder.

"Asif Ali Zardari is responsible for the Bhutto family s demise and is involved in the deaths of Benazir and Murtaza Bhutto " he said in a startling address directed at the three Bhutto-Zardari children the Bhutto family and the people of Sindh.

"Every time there is a murder the first thing that needs to be seen is who has the most to gain from the death. In this case I had everything to lose as I was in power and the murder put my government in a difficult situation " the former military chief said.

"There was just one person that had everything to gain from Benazir s assassination and that was Asif Ali Zardari " he added proceeding into what he termed as his analysis of the case.

He added: "Zardari was in power for five years why did he not look into the case why was the investigation not active - because he was involved in Benazir s murder."

Going further into his analysis Musharraf said: "The evidence is clear that Baitullah Mehsud and his people were involved in the murder but who had asked them to target Benazir Bhutto - it could not have been me the group hated me and the feeling was mutual."

"It is a known fact that I wanted Mehsud dead and so did the government of Pakistan after his group had attempted to kill me " Musharraf added.

On August 31 an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi acquitted five alleged operatives of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for want of evidence over the assassination of Benazir in a gun and suicide attack in Rawalpindi on December 27 2007.

--IANS
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