Balochistan Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the apex court to reopen and conduct hearing of case in which founding leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged. Speaker of the assembly, Muhammad Aslam Bhootani presided over the session. Balochistan Minister for Works and Communication and new president PPP Balochistan, Mir Sadiq Umrani moved the resolution which said.
"This house appreciates President Asif Ali Zardari's efforts and step for re-opening of the case, due to which ZAB was awarded life sentence and hanged. This house demands the apex court to reopen and conduct hearing of that case. ZAB was the biggest leader of Asia and was victimised with 'judicial murder'. The persons responsible for the judicial murder be brought to justice".
Delivering speech, Mir Umrani said dictators toppled a democratic government on 5th July 1977. He said ZAB government was overthrown in the darkness of night. "ZAB was implicated in a false case and deliberately hanged in while he was innocent," he said adding that the case in which ZAB was hanged should be reopened and hearing into that case should be conducted again.