By KUNA
Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Saturday ruled out an investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, saying countrys own institutions and Scotland Yard team could be count on. “Pakistan is not Lebanon. Its a simple murder. We have our own institutions and we can count on the help of Scotland Yard”, he said in an interview with the French Le Figaro paper. The President hoped that investigation report will be made public before the election, which, he said would be held on February 18. Currently a nine-member Scotland Yard detectives team is helping Pakistan investigate Benazir Bhuttos assassination. Her party and husband has rejected the team and demanded for a probe by United Nations into the case on the pattern of one conducted for former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
About the threat from Al-Qaeda and other extremists, the President said they did not have the capacity to destabilize the country, but their suicide bombers created disorder.
The President stressed that Pakistan was not on the verge of disintegration. However, he pointed that the country was facing a campaign orchestrated by extremists, who were against all those who oppose their obscurantist views, but added that they have no support among the people.
When asked about the threat by the United States to condition their financial aid to Pakistan, President Musharraf said over the past six years the country has received a total of about 9 billion dollars, of which more than half was received as part of the fight against terrorism.
President Musharraf said the government had taken all measures to ensure that the election was held in a free, fair and transparent manner. He said democracy was the path that needs to be followed and stressed that in Pakistan, democracy will gradually make its way but at own pace.