Investigation report on BB assassination to be made public, says Cheema
By Saad Saud

ISLAMABAD—Interior ministry spokesman Brig (Retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema has said investigation report on Benazir Bhutto assassination will be made public when it is finalized and nothing will be kept secret. He said this in weekly press briefing here Tuesday. He announced fool proof security would be provided if needed by any leader including Nawaz Sharif.
Martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto was a national tragedy and every one was grieved over it adding the protest followed her assassination was a natural reaction. But criminals also joined this protest and due to this reason about 100 prisoners escaped from jails and lock ups, he told. Action is under way for their re-arrest, he added. There are reports on suicide attack on chief minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, he pointed out.
In the aftermath of tragic death of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, law and order situation had deteriorated to large extent in the country, he told. It caused heavy loss but normalcy was returning to Sindh due to appropriate actions taken by security forces, he indicated. Political leadership of the country and political parties had demonstrated patience and restraint. Thos who are involved in agitation and riots are not political parties workers but anti state elements are behind such activities, he remarked. Elements who are creating law and order situation will be dealt with iron hand, he warned.
Finance ministry is working on statistics of losses, he indicated. As per final list received by us on the damages caused in the wake of shahadat of Benazir Bhutto,. 185 banks were set ablaze across the country, 36 were damaged, 36 petrol pumps were torched and 2 were damaged, he told. 72 railway coaches were set on fire and 6 were damaged, he added. 58 people were killed and 89 were injured during the riots, he informed. A Jirga has been set up for normalization of situation in Karram agency, he pointed out.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Brigadier (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema said Tuesday that the law and order situation in the country is returning to normality after the disturbances that followed the assassination of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto.
Addressing a weekly briefing, Cheema said the people are resuming their routine jobs and activities and businesses and all the basic amenities are now easily available in the markets. Cheema said that while political workers exercised patience, some criminal elements took advantage of the circumstances and indulged in acts of violence and arson causing loss of lives and huge material damages.
He said the government would deal with the criminal elements with an iron hand and no one would be allowed to take flout the law. The spokesman said some elements tried to forcibly close shops in Sindh on Monday and also caused some destruction, adding that such people would be brought to justice.
He said that during the unrest criminal elements had burnt 285 banks, 204 offices, 36 petrol pumps, 572 vehicles, 72 bogies, 27 railway stations and 802 shops. The spokesman quoted the secretary Election Commission as saying that more than 10 of its offices were among the offices burnt in the country.