ISI involved in Benazir's assassination.

[khyaal]

An extract from the news report:


"The commission believes that the failure of the police to investigate effectively Ms Bhutto's assassination was deliberate," the report says.
"These officials, in part fearing intelligence agencies' involvement, were unsure of how vigorously they ought to pursue actions, which they knew, as professionals, they should have taken."

The report criticises the intelligence agencies for conducting parallel investigations, gathering evidence which was only selectively shared with the police.

Speaking at a news conference at the UN in New York, the head of the commission, Heraldo Munoz, said: "A range of government officials failed profoundly in their efforts, first to protect Ms Bhutto and second to investigate with vigour all those responsible for her murder, not only in the execution of the attack but also in its conception, planning and financing."

One of President Musharraf's aides, Rashid Qureshi, told the BBC: "The report makes absurd statements. The inquiry was not well conducted."
He insisted that President Musharraf was not in charge of Pakistani security at the time of the assassination as he had already resigned as head of the army.

Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) - led by her widower, current President Asif Ali Zardari - said it was satisfied with the inquiry.
Senior party leaders told the BBC that the findings were "exactly what they had been saying all along".

And a presidential spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, said efforts to track down the perpetrators behind the assassination would be redoubled.
Publication delay
The commission was set up in July last year in response to a request from Pakistan. ............



Ms Bhutto herself had written that four suicide attack squads were after her, some linked to al-Qaeda.


But she also accused a group of senior politicians and intelligence officials of plotting to kill her, and many of her followers blame elements of the military establishment and President Musharraf's government for her death.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8623175.stm

[khyaal]

UN report: The role of Intelligence Agencies is doubtful

http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2010/04/100416_un_report_bb_isi.shtml

[tor_khan]

Actually, what does the report say that people had already not speculated?

There's a bit of whitewash approach because why spend so much in time and resources to produce a document that doesn't get to the nub and only reports what people had said all along?

We all suspect that Benazir's death was instigated at the request of someone in government/secret services. We just have to avoid being twee ... and be daring enough to mention perhaps that this assasination just might go back to some rogue Pakistani Presidents.

[khyaal]

Actually, what does the report say that people had already not speculated?

There's a bit of whitewash approach because why spend so much in time and resources to produce a document that doesn't get to the nub and only reports what people had said all along?

We all suspect that Benazir's death was instigated at the request of someone in government/secret services. We just have to avoid being twee ... and be daring enough to mention perhaps that this assasination just might go back to some rogue Pakistani Presidents.

Actually the scope of investigation for UN commission had been made too narrow by the powerful Pakistani establishment. That's why.........

[khyaal]

First they say Karzai knew.
now ISI.

what's next, Mossad?

But Mr. Karzai, Suadi government and US official were ultimately kept out of the investigation by Pakistan, though initially they were due to record their statements.

[khyaal]

UN blames Musharraf govt for Benazir Bhutto’s murder

Although no functionary of the former government has been accused of complicity in the murder, the 65-page report has blamed Pervez Musharraf’s government, particularly its police and security network of negligence.
It said the present government was free to carry out further investigations and bring those responsible for the crime as well as negligence to justice.
Report of the UN Commission of inquiry of the assassination of Benzair Bhutto
The three-member panel, headed by Chilean ambassador Heraldo Munoz, submitted its report to UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon on Thursday afternoon. He immediately handed it over to Pakistan’s UN envoy Hussain Haroon. However, at the eleventh hour Islamabad decided against making its content public before the findings were studied by senior government officials.
Senior officials of Pakistan’s mission had earlier indicated that on receiving the UN Commission’s report Ambassador Hussain Haroon would share its findings at a news conference.
However, the media event was postponed at the last minute and it was announced that the findings would now be made public in Islamabad by senior members of the government. Still, the UN secretariat decided that it was too important a report to be kept hidden from the public, and at a hurriedly arranged news conference made the report public.
As people in Pakistan waited eagerly for the release of the findings of the UN probe body, security in the country was beefed up, with United Nations mission in Pakistan advising its staff to act cautiously and avoid going to public places.
Though details contained in the report were not known, UN officials stationed in Pakistan were not prepared to take any chances, fearing a possible backlash.
Pakistani officials said police and paramilitary troops were on high alert, and security was being stepped up outside the foreign missions and UN office, but only as a precautionary measure.
In Islamabad, a senior official earlier said there were no startling revelations in the report. The 3-member probe body headed by the Chilean ambassador to the UN has mostly relied on evidence collected by talking to the same set of officials and other people who had already made their views public. Analysts say its hard to believe that the Un panel would clear state its views on any major conspiracy involving state or non-state actors in the assassination.
The UN panel was to hand over its report on March 30 but on the request of the Pakistani authorities it delayed release by two weeks.
An official of the UN told the media in New York that despite this delay no fresh detatils were inserted into the report.

• UN probe was “hampered” by Pakistani intelligence

• Police failure to probe the assassination “deliberate”

• Security arrangements were “fatally insufficient”

• Several conspiracy theories have been circulating since the assassination

• Need for criminal investigation to look into the role of Al Qaeda, Taliban, and what is known in Pakistan as “establishment”

• Declaration by government that Benazir was killed by a hatch of the vehicle, and that Baitullah Mehsud was responsible were premature, and before proper investigation

• Hosing of the area of bomb blast and failure to conduct post-mortem badly affected investigation. Officials and their superior responsible

• Responsibility of the present government to carry out serious investigation to bring the conspirator and perpetrator of the crime to justice.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/un-blames-musharraf-govt-for-bb-murder-640

[khyaal]

There was a news that Karzai had knewalong.

Just read the intial paragraph of the actual report and you will know everything.

[Talal]

Dude this isnt anything new, ISI gets blamed for everything, so what exactly are you playing at ?

[pir_Rokhan]

Dude this isnt anything new, ISI gets blamed for everything, so what exactly are you playing at ?

And I was expecting some informative and balanced analysis from you instead.

[Talal]

And I was expecting some informative and balanced analysis from you instead.

Rokhan yar there isnt much to analyse here, this report might come as a shock to foreigners but to us pakistan it pretty much says what we all know or rather speculate. I say speculate because even the UN's report is based on censored information. The end result, the case studies they all allude to something thats not definitive.


As far as my conspiracy theory goes; This was an inside job, and the reason i dont think it was musharraf's doing is because he wasnt competent enough to pull off something like this. His reputation was already an all time low at this point so he had nothing to gain from such a debacle. The only thing that stands out about this assassination from others is that in this case the people who wanted her dead and who eventually succeeded in that were different from those who facilitated it. Zardari has picked off and killed every single one of the bhuttos, and he is the only person who had to gain the most from this. But Zardari didnt have brains nor the guts to pull it off, and therefore, he was 'facilitated' by people from the inside, and these people are the same people who made sure Musharraf put enough safeguards in place before he left, so that no one would be able to go after zardari after musharraf left.

But mine like many others is a conspiracy theory, but one thing for sure this wasnt an 'accidental assasination' and by that i mean the lapse in security was deliberate not accidental

[khyaal]

Dude this isnt anything new, ISI gets blamed for everything, so what exactly are you playing at ?

But ISI shouldn't get worried, it has many advocate already everywhere. You better read the report. The accusations are from UN commission not from some Pashtun/Afghan, Indian or US officials.

[khyaal]

Musharraf responsible for BB’s murder’

PPP core committee asks PM to take legal action against all those involved in Benazir’s assassination, including Musharraf
* Malik asked to put nominated officials on ECL

By Saeed Minhas

ISLAMABAD: Basing their conclusions on a report unveiled by a UN inquiry commission, central leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have held former president Pervez Musharraf responsible for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, as he “failed” to provide the former prime minister the required security cover.

A meeting of the core group of the PPP – which was presided over by Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and attended by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani – was held at the Presidency to discuss the UN report.

Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that in light of the UN commission report, “there is no doubt” that Musharraf was responsible for Benazir’s murder and would have to face legal proceedings.

Babar said the UN commission’s report had, in fact, endorsed the party’s position that Musharraf wanted to “eliminate her”.

“The PPP has reiterated its resolve to ... bring to justice all those, including Musharraf ... involved in the criminal act,” he said.

Legal action: Babar said the core committee of the party had asked the prime minister to take appropriate legal action in light of the report – which calls on the authorities to determine criminal responsibility for planning and carrying out the assassination.

Party sources told Daily Times that it had been decided to launch stern administrative and legal action against all government officials who failed to provide security to Benazir. The party also decided to launch departmental action against officials responsible for providing security to Benazir in and around Liaqat Bagh on December 27, 2007.

However, no consensus could be reached on the role of other political personalities mentioned in the UN report, which include Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Rehman Malik. A final decision may likely be made at the next meeting of the committee.

The sources confirmed that action would be sought against then Punjab home secretary Khusro Pervaiz, then Rawalpindi DCO Irfan Elahi, then Rawalpindi CPO Saud Aziz, then IB director general Brig (r) Ejaz Shah, then federal interior secretary Kamal Shah, Major Imtiaz and others.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has been asked to put the names of these officials on the ECL, while the establishment secretary has been asked to transfer to the OSD pool all officials nominated in the report.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\18\story_18-4-2010_pg1_1

[Talal]

The title implies that the Musharraf government was complicit in the assassination, when the point being made is that the Musharraf government, and the PPP as well since they were 'jointly providing security', exhibited a lack of professionalism.

[khyaal]

The title implies that the Musharraf government was complicit in the assassination, when the point being made is that the Musharraf government, and the PPP as well since they were 'jointly providing security', exhibited a lack of professionalism.

PPP is a political party and not some security agency. Besides, it was the responsibility of state institutions to provide her security but instead they became complicit in her murder. This is the strangest thing about this and many other political murders in Pakistan. Not to speak of the past, just in recent past recall the murder of Balach Muree, Akbar Bugti, the grandsonof Bugti, Murtaza Bhutto, Shah Nawaz Bhutto etc.

[Talal]

^ theories at best ISI maybe involved maybe not..there is no evidence to pin them to this and anyways they have fried bigger fish then bhuttos so i dont get what the big deal is ?