Pak reacts negatively to Benazir's assassination
Lahore,
Dec
28:
Across-section
of
people
in
Pakistan
are
mourning
the
loss
of
former
Prime
Minister
Benazir
Bhutto,
who
was
assassinated
in
Rawalpindi"s
Liaqat
Bagh
area
late
on
Thursday
evening.
Most
business
centers
have
downed
shutters,
while
public
transportation
has
gone
off
the
roads.
A
majority
of
citizens
described
the
incident
as
a
black
day
in
the
history
of
Pakistan.
Muhammad Aslam, a businessman said, “We have been deprived of an internationally acclaimed political leader whose presence in Pakistan after a long exile gave us hope that now people would have a democratic state. I have no words to express my sorrow." “This incident forecast bloodshed, turmoil and the extremely poor law and order. This tragic incident might turn the country into a state where no one will be safe," added Ahmed Ali, a pedestrian.
Kishwar Sultana, a motorist, said, “A nation that has no respect for its politicians, citizens and for those who want to change our lives has no right to be called a nation."
Most people blamed the government for the incident.
Sheraz Khan, a trader, said the country faced the possibility of a civil war.
“A government that has failed to maintain law and order in Pakistan and to save its political leaders has no right to remain in power. The democracy in Pakistan has been strangled forever," Khan added.
Bhutto had addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi before being killed. At least 30 other people died in the attack and several more were injured.
ANI
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