Benazir killing

    Benazir killing accused stands third in exam

An accused in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case has stood third in the Class 10 exam in Rawalpindi.

       Pakistani Former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Dec 27, 2007, as she was leaving Liaquat Bagh in a motorcade after addressing an election rally in Rawalpindi, the twin city of Islamabad.

         Abdul Rasheed Ahmed is detained in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi along with four other accused - Aitzaz Shah, Sher Zaman, Rafaqat Hussain and Hassnain Gul.

Ahmed obtained 848 marks out of 1,050 in the results announced Monday.

'The jail administration provided teachers and other facilities to the accused after he expressed his willingness to complete his studies,' said Adiala Jail Superintendent Mohisn Raffique.

He said the jail administration would award Ahmed for his achievement, according to a Pakistani newspaper.

(by M. Haroon Abbas Qamar)