Word: murtaza
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After the downfall and death of his father, who was overthrown by Zia in 1977 and subsequently executed, Shahnawaz, the youngest of the four Bhutto children, joined his brother Murtaza in organizing a group called Al-Zulfikar, which was dedicated to overthrowing the Zia regime. It was based in Afghanistan and rumored to have ties to Libya and Syria. Last year the two brothers were convicted in absentia for involvement in the 1981 hijacking of a Pakistan International Airlines jet, during which a Pakistani diplomat was killed. Over the past 18 months, Shahnawaz was said to have given...
...husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto; by the Supreme Court, on $17,000 bail; in Islamabad. Zardari, jailed in 1996 when his wife's government was removed from power, faced up to 22 charges, including tax evasion and conspiracy in the murder of Bhutto's brother, Mir Murtaza. He was acquitted of 14 charges and granted bail on seven when the final case ended last week...
...shocked that the destruction of statues by the Taliban aroused more of an outcry than the lack of aid being sent to Afghanistan by the West. Has the world become so inhumane that it cares more about lifeless statues than dying, innocent children? SALMAN MURTAZA Karachi...