I am feeling threatened

Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif today described Benazir Bhutto's assassination as the most tragic incident in the history of Pakistan.


"I myself feel threatened," Sharif said, and his party has temporarily suspended its election campaigns in the wake of the assassination.

"Are things in control now? Had things been in control, would this have happened?" he asked, adding that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would have to give answers.

"I also feel unprotected, and the lady must also have been feeling very unprotected," Sharif said.

Criticising Musharraf, he said: "If Musharraf can spend crores on his own security, could he not spend some amount on the security of Bhutto?"

"We both were struggling for the same cause, and we had signed the charter of democracy," Sharif told a TV channel.

"It is tragic not only for PPP but also for my party," he said.

Sharif told Bhutto's supporters that he would fight "your war from now on", and that he shared the grief of "the entire nation".

Sharif was speaking outside the hospital where Bhutto died. "I assure you that I will fight your war from now," Sharif said.