Pakistani PM Imran Khan's pick for interior minister is an ex-spy chief named by Benazir Bhutto before her assassination as a suspect if she was killed
"New Pakistan" has been Khan's catchphrase since he re-entered politics, promising to change the status quo. His new interior minister Ijaz Shah is a retired brigadier and ex-spy chief whom slain former PM Benazir Bhutto regarded as a deadly enemy.
The appointment of retired Brigadier Ijaz Shah has been heavily criticised by the opposition Pakistan People's Party , whose slain former leader Benazir Bhutto regarded him as a deadly enemy. Many Pakistanis have long suspected that elements of the intelligence agencies colluded with militants in Bhutto's assassination in a gun and bomb attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi in December 2007. An investigation at the time blamed an al Qaeda-allied Pakistani Taliban leader.
Under Musharraf, who as army chief seized power in a 1999 coup and ruled until 2008, Shah served as head of the military's leading spy agency in the Punjab province and was later appointed the head of the civilian Intelligence Bureau. The military did not respond to a request for comment on this article, but in the past has said it does not interfere in politics. The military has also repeatedly denied allegations levelled by the United States, Afghanistan and others that is has covertly sheltered militants based along its borders.
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