Unfair accusations against Bhutto
Re “Aunt Benazir’s false promises,” Opinion, Nov. 14
Fatima Bhutto merely regurgitates the accusations of Benazir Bhutto’s detractors. Contrary to the assertions about a power-sharing deal with Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan Peoples Party sought to secure a peaceful transition to democracy through free and fair elections, with the question of who would come into power to be decided in the elections. Benazir Bhutto ended dialogue with the general after he imposed martial law, suspended the Constitution and sacked judges. Despite a decade-long witch-hunt, the regime has not been able to produce a shred of corruption evidence against Benazir Bhutto.
She has not been convicted in a single case among the more than half a dozen filed in Pakistan. Dictators in Pakistan have never been concerned with ensuring justice or eradicating corruption. That is why the military is above any accountability. Its objective has only been to politically eliminate challenges to its illegitimate power in the name of justice and accountability.
Farhatullah Babar
Islamabad, Pakistan
The writer is a spokesperson for Benazir Bhutto.
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