Probe team chief removed on BB’s wish
Bureau Report

KARACHI—Federal Government on Wednesday removed Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Manzoor Mughal who is heading the Investigation team to probe October 18 carnage in Karachi. It is pertinent to mention that on the demand of Benazir Bhutto, Federal Government has removed DIG Manzoor Mughal from the investigating team.
The police Officer was heading the investigation team probing the devastating suicide blasts that targeted former PM Benazir Bhutto. The said step has taken place after BB was of the view that she has no confidence in the current Chief, DIG Manzoor Mughal whom she accuses of involvement in the torture of her spouse Asif Zardari.
Sources added that the other four members in the Investigation team have been asked to stop their probe, which means that a new Investigation team to probe the devastating suicide blasts that targeted former PM Benazir Bhutto will be constituted soon.
The Special Investigation team setup to probe into October 18 bomb blasts in the procession of PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto which claimed 140 lives and injuries to over 500, will be replaced with a new team.
Stating this Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim told a press briefing after his Cabinet meeting Wednesday that as told by IGP, the PPP which is the aggrieved party in the incident, had raised objections on the present team.
He said he told the IGP to appoint a person for inquiry in whom the PPP had their confidence. However, he pointed out that inquiries in such cases do not restrict to Provincial level but federal government and many sensitive agencies do get involve in investigations.
He informed that some progress has been made in the incident but cannot divulge the same as it will affect the inquiry and the culprits involved will get alerted. He said there was no need to carry out investigation through foreign experts as our own experts are capable of performing the required task.
He recalled that culprits in cases like bombing at Nishtar park, assassination of Allama Hasan Turabi and other cases had been arrested and no such case remained pending with Sindh government. When asked about Bebazir Bhutto’s demands for certain changes in the administration, the Chief Minister said that she can do it when she comes into power but not in our government.
When a questioner sought his comments that Benazir has also mentioned his name among the three names he gave to President, Dr Arbab said that she can mention his name not once but for ten times. He said they were looters of the wealth of country and were fugitive.
He asked why they flee from the country. He demanded that no pardon should be granted to them because once such an example is set, never any thief could be caught.