Details of secret meeting between Benazir Bhutto and US diplomat revealed through WikiLeaks

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 12:00:21 by

WikiLeaks is still dominating the world of secret information leakage and according to its latest spill, there was a secret meeting which took place between former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto and US diplomat Anne Patterson, after there was a failed assassination attempt on her.

According to the details provided, Bhutto met with Patterson at her residence in Karachi after the October 18, 2007 assassination attempt on her. She expressed her dissatisfaction at the pace of investigation over the incident and asked for the US’s assistance.

The meeting took place on October 29, and during the meeting Bhutto told Patterson that the then-government, was not sharing details of the investigation and she again asked for help from the United States.

She also complained about the fact that the government was not allowing any pre-election rallies and that was something which was damaging her popularity. She also shared her thoughts about the election commission not being an independent entity and also went on to say the voters’ list which was prepared by the commission, had discrepancies in it.

According to further details provided by the WikiLeaks cable, Bhutto also complained about loopholes in the controversial National Reconciliation Ordnance (NRO) to which the diplomat said that she was aware of the document.

Bhutto further said that she will stay in Pakistan and pursue her political career with occasional trips to the US and Britain for lectures.

Bhutto was targeted at the October 18 rally in Karachi but the plan of her assassinators failed as she remained unharmed. However, over 180 people were killed in that attack. On December 27, the same year, she was shot dead during an election rally in Rawalpindi and her killers have still not been caught.

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