Asma Jehangir: the way forward is bloodshed

By IANS

New Delhi : Pakistan’s leading human rights activist Asma Jehangir broke down Thursday on hearing about former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, saying amid sobs that “the way forward is bloodshed”.


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Speaking to NDTV over telephone from Islamabad, Jehangir turned angry when she was asked about the January elections.

“Who cares for the elections? Get this damn (Pakistan) army out!” she screamed. “Now they will kill everybody.”

Asked if she planned to leave the country, a crying Jehangir said: “How can I leave? There are so many people here.”

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