Islamabad, January 3
Ruling out involvement of military and intelligence agencies in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said that he had warned her about threats to her life but she had ignored that.

He dismissed suggestions that he was involved in her death. Describing as “below my dignity” a question whether he had “blood on his hands,” Musharraf said he had been brought up in a very educated and civilised family with beliefs and values and believed in character.

“I am not a feudal and I am not a tribal. I have been brought up in a very educated and civilised family with beliefs and values, which believes in character,” he said during an interaction with the foreign media for state-run PTV's ‘Aiwan-e-Sadr Say’ (from the presidency) programme.

Musharraf said the government in November stopped Benazir from going to Liaquat Bagh ground in Rawalpindi — where she was assassinated on December 27 — because of alerts from intelligence agencies about threats to her life.

Describing the ground ringed by numerous buildings as a “vulnerable place,” Musharraf said: “This time she went of her volition, ignoring the threat.” — PTI