Nawaz vows to unveil Benazir’s killers

NAUDERO: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday vowed to unveil those behind the murder of Benazir Bhutto, FTNews reported. Talking to media, after laying floral wreath and offering prayers at the grave of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bux, Nawaz said that he had finished ‘no-go-area’ of Larkana today and the next to end was in Karachi. He said government had failed to unveil the culprits behind the murder and vowed to bring the murders of his ‘sister’ to justice once he was in power. He said no political statements would be issued here, otherwise his opponents would blame him for making political mileage. “I have not used Sindh card by holding gathering...

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Sindh is changing, says Nawaz

KARACHI: Sindh is changing, Pakistan is changing and Larkana is also changing, Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz’s chief Nawaz Sharif said at a public meeting in Larkana on Saturday, FTNews reported. Nawaz said Larkana’s voice was similar to that of the whole country. He said those responsible for the murder of former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Benazir Bhutto could not be caught and that that was the government’s responsibility to unveil the culprits. Nawaz said those who ran away leaving behind the body of Benazir Bhutto had now become minister...

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Two injured in blast near Karachi University

KARACHI: A low-intensity bomb attack in Karachi on Saturday wounded two people and caused panic, police said. The remote-controlled roadside bomb exploded near the University of Karachi, close to the site where a Friday bomb attack killed three soldiers from the Pakistan Rangers paramilitary force. Police said the target of the attack was not immediately clear, but the bomb exploded when a vehicle of Pakistan Rangers was passing near the university. “It was a planted bomb. Two passers-by were injured,” Salam Sheikh, a senior police officer, told AFP. A spokesman for the Pakistan Rangers said that troops remained unhurt in the incident. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but nearly 4,700 people have...

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