The Bhutto Murder Trial: From Waziristan to GHQ

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'It is no longer important if I become the prime minister for the third time. What is important is that my country is in danger. So I had to return even if it meant risking my life…’—Benazir Bhutto, hours before she was assassinated in Rawalpindi.
Drawing on personal anecdotes, meetings, off-the record conversations with Benazir Bhutto, and the emails that he exchanged with her just before her death, Amir Mir brings us a carefully documented reconstruction of the assassination that rocked the world, the events leading to it, and its  aftermath. His meticulously researched book is also a chilling expose of the symbiotic relationship between Pakistan’s formidable military and intelligence agencies, and the radical Islamic terrorist groups entrenched there. From the murky details of the ‘election rigging cells’ that Bhutto was on the brink of exposing, inside information about her ‘designated killers’, the dubious security cover, the wanton destruction of evidence at the crime scene, the cover-up that began soon after the murder, the  scapegoats, the arbitrary arrests and the compromised investigations, to the outright deceptions of various military top brass and even members of her own party, the book reveals it all.
Other highlights include excerpts from the reports of high-level investigations carried out by different organisations, rare pictures related to the suicide attack on Bhutto’s convoy, her last speech delivered minutes before she was killed, and her hand-written ‘political will’ which her party released after her death. The richly textured narrative is supported by exclusive information that sheds fresh light on various conspiracy theories, and will almost certainly evoke controversy and debate. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amir Mir

Amir Mir, the former editor of Weekly Independent and a reputed investigative journalist of Pakistan, started his career in 1988 with Daily The Frontier Post, Lahore. In his journalistic career spanning over 17 years, he has worked with scores of the quality newspaper organizations in Pakistan as well as abroad: Daily The News, Daily The Nation, The Arab News, Daily Straits Times, International Press Service, Indian Weekly Outlook and India Abroad. Having a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Amir Mir is presently working with the Monthly Herald of the Dawn Group of Newspapers as Senior Herald of the Dawn Group of Newspapers as Senior Assistant Editor.

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Title
The Bhutto Murder Trial: From Waziristan to GHQ
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9789380658612
Length
viii+280p., 16p. of Plates; Illustrations; 21cm.
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