On December 27, 2007, as Benazir Bhutto stood from the sun roof of her
white Toyota Land Cruiser to wave to a waiting crowd of people as she
left Rawalpindi’s main public ground, the historic Liaquat Bagh, after
speaking at an election rally, a gunman in the crowd pulled out a
pistol. From a distance of two to three meters on the left side of the
barely moving vehicle, he took aim and fired three shots at the Pakistan
People’s Party leader. It was exactly 5.14 p.m. At the second shot, Ms.
Bhutto’s white dupatta and her hair flick upward, but there is
no evidence to link the bullet to the movement. At the third, she starts
to move down the vehicle. The gunman, meanwhile, lowers his gun, looks
down, and detonates explosives strapped to his body
The three shots, according to a video analysis by Scotland Yard now
quoted in a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry into the Facts and
Circumstances of Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination, were fired in less than
one second. It took just 1.6 seconds from the time of the first shot to
the detonation of the bomb
Note
Pervez Musharraf(69)who attended court proceedings amid high security, denied the charges and the case was adjourned until August 27,2013
Six other people, including two senior police officers, are also facing charges in the case
Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999, and was forced out by a democratically elected government in 2008
The case of Benazir Bhutto's murder is one of several that Pervez Musharraf is facing since his return from self-imposed exile earlier this year
Bringing charges against a former army chief is an unprecedented move in a country ruled for more than half of its history by the military
Amnesty International has demanded that Pakistan hold Musharraf accountable for all rights violations committed during his rule
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