By IRNA
Islamabad : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday demanded complete inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was shot dead in firing and suicide attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
“We demand complete investigation as to who were behind the attack,” the PPP deputy chief Makhdoom Amin Faheem told a news conference in Islamabad.
“Bhutto family and the party should be informed about the investigation,” Faheem said.
He said that the PPP has decided to observe 40-day mourning.
“We are in the shock and we are mourning,” the PPP leader said when asked if his party will now take part in the January 8th elections.
He said that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice phoned him and conveyed condolences on behalf of her government.
Faheem was sitting in car with Benazir Bhutto when the attacker fired three shots and later blast was carried out.
“Benazir was hit as she waved to the workers who were chanting slogans in her favor. If Benazir did not go out of the car, she would be saved,” he said.
Faheem said that Benazir sat in the car after the firing and the blast and then she fell down in the car and died.
