Islamabad : Pakistan’s slain prime minister Benazir Bhutto was warned of an imminent assassination threat by ISI chief hours before a fatal attack in an election rally that resulted in her death in 2007.
Bhutto, the two-time prime minister, was killed on December 27, 2007 as she came out of Liaquat Bagh park in Rawalpindi after addressing a huge election rally.
Bhutto’s then security officer, senior superintendent of police Imtiaz Hussain, told an anti-terrorism court (ATC) that ISI director general Lt Gen Nadeem Taj and his deputy Maj Gen Ehsan met Bhutto on the night between December 26 and 27, 2007 to discuss her security, the Dawn reported.
Recording his statement recently before the ATC in Rawalpindi, Hussain said Lt Gen Taj and Maj Gen Ehsan tried to persuade Bhutto not to address the Liaquat Bagh rally.
Sajjad Hussain
