Benazir Bhutto's assassins: names to be disclosed if leadership allows, says Malik

Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday said perpetrators of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto's murder and her assassins had been identified.
"The assassins and perpetrators of Benazir Bhutto's murder have been identified; some have been arrested while others have been declared proclaimed offenders. If party leadership will allow I will disclose who they were, where the plan was prepared and how they came to Rawalpindi," Malik said while talking to newsmen at the Parliament House here.
He said since the matter was sub judice so he would not comment any further on the case. He, however, added that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was involved in her killing. As far as the posting of judge, who was hearing the Benazir murder case was concerned, he said, the government had nothing to do with transfer and posting of judges it was the decision of judiciary.
About the involvement of India in Balochistan, he said that the issue was highlighted during the Home Secretaries level meeting. Each and everything cannot be shared with media due to the fear that the culprits and miscreants involved will flee from the area, he added.
He said that the Baloch people were being killed in the province to create unrest there, however, the situation had considerable improved after introduction of the Balochistan package. Malik said that he had requested the National Assembly for the sixth time to allow him in-camera briefing to the House on security situation.
He said Balochistan was an important province of the country and the government initiated Agahz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package to remove the sense of deprivation of its people. He said that 95 percent decisions of Agahz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan related to the Ministry of Interior had been implemented.
Paying tribute to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, he said that she was a great leader and her vision was being implemented by the PPP-led government for the welfare of the masses and prosperity of the country. He said suicide attacks would stop if "we give a strong message of unity and support to our law enforcing agencies and armed forces". He appealed to the opposition parties in the Parliament to avoid politics on internal and external security issues of the country in the larger national interest.