The horrendous slaying of Benazir Bhutto, the two-time Prime Minister of this hapless country, last year in Rawalpindi is still an unsolved mystery, and her own successors are pulling every
By Ali Yar Khan "¢ Jul 24th, 2008 "¢
The horrendous slaying of Benazir Bhutto, the two-time Prime Minister of this hapless country, last year in Rawalpindi is still an unsolved mystery, and her own successors are pulling every cosmetic rabbit out of their grinning bags and still there is no initiations of any United Nations investigations. One also wonders as what wonder, the United Nation team would accomplish, after all these months, when even the place of murder was washed out in no time after the murder of the Benazir Bhutto.
Along with Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Naheed Khan, Khalid Shahanshah was also present in the vehicle of Benazir Bhutto when she was assassinated right in front of bloody Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi. Khalid Shahanshah was one of the closed aide of the Benazir Bhutto, and he was the incharge of her security. After her murder, he was appointed as incharge of the security of Bilawal House. He also became the victim of unknown bullets, when he was returning to home from Bilawal House.
What exactly he knew, and why exactly was he assassinated are the questions burning in the minds of the people. Some are trying to divert the attention from his killing by saying that he had some connections with the underworld dons, and they might have blown him, but how could those underworld dons would accomplish such folly, when Shahanshah was the security officer of the country's most powerful man?
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Shahanshah Khalid aka Khalid Shahanshah was taken out today in front of his house in Defense Karachi by some one or some people who wanted to see him dead.
Another Spanner in BB Murder Probe
By Irshad Salim
Shahanshah Khalid aka Khalid Shahanshah was taken out today in front of his house in Defense Karachi by some one or some people who wanted to see him dead.
He was one of Benazir's personal body guards. In fact her chief security officer. After her death, Zardari made him his own personal body guard, also chief of Bilawal House Security.
Supposedly, he was going to be a key witness in the UN probe. Some quarters suspect he was involved or knew too much. But this cannot be independently verified.
Asia Times online has connected him with the Dawood Company (D-company).
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EJ22Df07.htmlEither Shahanshah's foes, albeit competitiors, took him out in order to settle old scores or he knew something - probably too much to become a threat to some one or to an organization and had to be dumped!
Shahanshah's buddy Munawwar Suharwardy was also taken out in a similar fashion. Munawwar was also Benazir's personal body guard. Both were Karachiites, Muhajirs. Both had intermittent clashes with the MQM hit squads. That does not mean they took these PPP Karachi Jiyalas out. Invesitgations into Munawwar's killing remains incomplete or complete but unpublicized.
Shahanshah's targeted killing has all the ingredients of a sinister plan. The government owned Suzuki used in the incident was conveniently recovered within hours of his killing, suggesting it may have been an immature attempt to send the running hounds on a wrong chase.
Too much is at stake for many in Karachi, present and future players. The elementary Sherlock Holmes formula of pointing finger towards the most beneficiary with the motive for killing Shahanshah may not hold true in this case. It is complex - a new "great game" may be in the offing to destabilize or to erase foot prints. Who knows?
By the way, I received an email yesterday that says the following about Murtaza murder case:
"Last night at a wedding a very senior government officer narrated to me a strange story.
He said that he has seen a Supreme Court document, which is a decision on the application of ASP Shahid Hayat who was one of the accused in the Murtaza Bhutto case. His application to the Court filed on July 6th stated that he was an accused in the murder of Murtaza Bhutto and was suspended for two years. Therefore besides claiming benefits for the missing years (he was paid his emoluments) he requested that his service may be extended beyond the age of retirement for two years also.
The Dogar Court under the unofficial direction of Mr Zardari has given the decision in favor of ASP Shahid Hayat on July 13th that is within 7 days of his application. My source says that the decision was given (not announced) with instructions that it should not be released to the media. He says he has read the decision which was brought to him by another officer who is going to plead his case along the same lines (basically loss of income"¦..not salary but all those under the counter benefits).
I have no way of confirming this yet but am circulating this with the request that people stretch their antennas and look for some confirmation from other sources."