Blasts no excuse to postpone polls, says Bhutto
Islamabad,
Oct
24:
Pakistan
People"s
Party
chairperson
Benazir
Bhutto
has
asserted
that
the
October
18
terrorist
attacks
on
her
homecoming
procession
should
not
be
made
a
pretext
for
cancelling
or
postponing
the
general
elections.
She said that her party might join the caretaker set-up if it was convinced that it would be for holding free, fair and transparent elections.
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Ms
Bhutto
questioned
the
composition
of
the
Election
Commission
and
claimed
that
its
secretary
was
involved
in
the
2002
elections.
The former prime minister reiterated her demand for associating foreign experts in the investigation of the bombings and said she had been appalled by government"s insistence on not including them in the probe. She said she feared that evidence might be destroyed with the passage of time, the Dawn reported.
She criticised Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain"s for alleging that the PPP itself was involved in the October 18 blasts.
Meanwhile, officials confirmed that two suicide bombers were behind the bomb attacks. Also, the officer heading the probe into the blasts was expected to be replaced after Ms Bhutto said she had no confidence in him, the paper quoted officials as saying.
Sindh Home Adviser Wasim Akhtar also confirmed that the change was being considered, although he did not say if it was in response to Ms Bhutto"s claims.
UNI