Benazir Bhutto: Was she the target of Assassination?

By Wasi Siddiqui

The recent bombs explosions in Karachi near the convey of Benazir Bhutto was a strange occurrence since how accurately she forecast of attack on herself but then added "a Muslim cannot attack a woman since he knows that he will be burn into hell", just a day earlier prior to her departure from Dubai remains a biggest question.

It all started, when Benazir Bhutto who was in exile for the last 8 years, managed to strike  a deal with Gen. Pervez Musharraf for possible power sharing agreement. A deal which surprises everyone, as how a politicians can go low in their characters in hunt for PM post with military rulers.

Although, President Pervez Musharraf has been asked to step down from this army post, but it raises more questions, as how Benazir Bhutto who has so many corruption cases against her, will be allowed to become PM of Pakistan for the 3^rd time. The most shameful act in this situation, as how Pervez Musharraf can make changes in the constitution, which does not allow a two times served PM for run for office for the 3^rd time.

What kind of politics is this? If all the cases against Benazir Bhutto was to be dropped, after she looted the country while holding the post of PM twice, then why not corruption cases against Nawaz Shariff also been dropped and why not he should be allowed to return to Pakistan as well.

Now the question of attack on Benazir Bhutto convey on 18 October, it is not just another bloody chapter added in the history of violence of Karachi, but also put our heads down in shame, as how the political survival game will let us witness such a horrific act of violence. The latest investigation into the so-called suicide attack has produce 2 attackers, but no solid proof.

It has been revealed that head of the suicide bomber was found, but how come police are so sure that it belongs to the suicide bomber and not the innocent by-standers? Are those people who came to welcome the Former PM were without heads?  

If a suicide bomber was to attack Bhutto, he could have done it while she was standing on the deck of the truck, and not when she has gone down to take rest nearly after 12 hours of stay on the deck. How come Benazir Bhutto was so sure that so-called Al-Qaeda is planning to assassinate her, like we have seen in previous 2 attacks on President Musharraf that, when ever he needs a public support, he survives the attacks.

Is this latest bomb attack is also one of those attacks which is not attended to kill, but just to gain public support and trust, time will tell us. As far as the number of people died in the bomb attack is concern, on the politician's calculators these numbers keeps on adding, the more numbers added, the more sympathy and votes will come, that is for sure.