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Sherpao murder probe

2025-04-03
PESHAWAR: The NWFP Government today [April 2] announced that most of the accused involved in the assassination of Mr Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao have been apprehended... . An official handout ... said that three persons Mr Nisar Mohammad Khan of Gulabad, a former PPP leader, Mr Asfandyar Wali and Mian Ahmed Farooq, both of the defunct NAP had confessed to have planned and executed the scheme to murder Mr Sherpao. Meanwhile, it was officially stated that the investigation into the assassination ... have been completed and the case would soon be presented to a court of law for trial. ... The handout said the motivation behind the assassination ... appeared to be political differences. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Beirut,] Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin ... said his Government was keeping three options open renewed war with Arabs, an interim agreement, or the Geneva conference. He said Israel wanted to negotiate `from a position of strength`. Speaking in an interview ... Mr. Rabin said his Government would not deviate `by one degree` from the course it followed in negotiations with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.