'Benazir's will nominating Zardari as successor was fake'

Lahore, Jul 18: The will of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto placed before the world by PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari after her death (on December 27 last year) nominating him and his son Bilawal as the successors of the party was fake and prepared after Benazir death, said veteran PPP leader and former Punjab governor Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar. He said that Zardari was not the successor of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

The PPP was a party of common man, but those surrounding Zardari were the followers of Gen Zia-ul Haq, he said and added that those currently at the helm of affairs of the PPP leadership were brought up and trained by Gen Zia-ul Haq. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was also a minister in the cabinet of the military dictator who hanged ZA Bhutto, The News quoted him as saying at Aiwan-e-Adal.

He said the real rulers were those who didn"t have any bank accounts in foreign countries. He said he had remained a disciple of Benazir Bhutto and said he could pull the country out of the present day crises if given a chance to run state affairs for mere three months. “I should be beheaded if I fail to improve things," he added.

Khar said the Gilani and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif should restore judiciary without wasting any time, and the Pakistan Army must not interfere in restoration of judiciary. He said that Benazir Bhutto was striking a deal with Musharraf and she was murdered because of that deal. The PPP and democracy were assassinated along with Benazir Bhutto, he added.

He said he had informed Benazir that she could only be intimidated in Sindh, but could be murdered in Punjab also. He said the present government could not deliver any thing for in 90 days and would remain a failure even in 90 years.

ANI