All accused of bomb blasts in custody: minister

16 Jan, 2008

Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz has said that the accused of suicide bomb blasts, including those that took place at Karachi (Karsaz), Lahore, Islamabad, Sargodha and Rawalpindi, are in government's custody.
Talking to media persons after a function here on Tuesday he said all the blasts accused have been arrested and are in the custody of law-enforcement agencies.
To a query he said the militancy spread due to MMA government in the NWFP in past.
About the notice issues to the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry for vacating his residence, the Interior Minister said the Housing Ministry has issued the notice and if the house was not vacated then legal action would be taken against him.
To a question about the Scotland Yard team he said that the investigating team was positively moving and had become part of Pakistan investigation team. Hamid Nawaz expressed his hope that the people involved in the murder of Benazir Bhutto would soon be arrested.

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