Mazhar Tufail
Saturday, November 05, 2011
ISLAMABAD: Initial response of former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who has contended in his letter presented in the Balochistan High Court in Nawab Akbar Bugti case, that he was not involved in any way in killing was “really.”
It may be recalled that when this correspondent had broken this news through the largest private television network of the country, Geo News, Shaukat Aziz was having dinner with a few businessmen at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad that was to be followed by his meetings with some ministers but those meetings were delayed by him on the pretext of some personal engagement.
An important member of his cabinet, who was included in the cabinet on the recommendation of General Pervez Musharraf, was with Shaukat Aziz late at night. As soon as the news of the assassination of Nawab Bugti broke, the same minister made a telephone call to this correspondent from the Prime Minister House and sought the confirmation of the news report. Interestingly, when this correspondent shared details of the report with the minister, he was surprised that so much information has reached media.
The same federal minister told this correspondent in the meantime that after getting relieved from the dinner engagement, Shaukat Aziz was taking ‘Qahwa’ in the inner lobby of the Prime Minister House and when the minister informed him about the details, he had received from this correspondent he only said: “Really.”
Saturday, November 05, 2011
ISLAMABAD: Initial response of former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who has contended in his letter presented in the Balochistan High Court in Nawab Akbar Bugti case, that he was not involved in any way in killing was “really.”
It may be recalled that when this correspondent had broken this news through the largest private television network of the country, Geo News, Shaukat Aziz was having dinner with a few businessmen at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad that was to be followed by his meetings with some ministers but those meetings were delayed by him on the pretext of some personal engagement.
An important member of his cabinet, who was included in the cabinet on the recommendation of General Pervez Musharraf, was with Shaukat Aziz late at night. As soon as the news of the assassination of Nawab Bugti broke, the same minister made a telephone call to this correspondent from the Prime Minister House and sought the confirmation of the news report. Interestingly, when this correspondent shared details of the report with the minister, he was surprised that so much information has reached media.
The same federal minister told this correspondent in the meantime that after getting relieved from the dinner engagement, Shaukat Aziz was taking ‘Qahwa’ in the inner lobby of the Prime Minister House and when the minister informed him about the details, he had received from this correspondent he only said: “Really.”
