While political assassination is not unfamiliar – Pakistan’s first prime minister was killed in the same park where Bhutto was murdered – it is imperative that the culprits be apprehended and tried. Anything short of this would permanently taint Pakistan’s leadership and impede all attempts at political reconciliation.
一个民族团结政府必须承担起三项重大责任。首先，它必须建立一个独立的委员会，调查谁应对谋杀贝•布托的事件负责。尽管政治刺杀事件已经不是什么新鲜事儿了——巴基斯坦的首任总理就是在贝•布托遇刺的同一个公园被刺的——但罪犯理应被逮捕并受到审判。做不到这一点，巴基斯坦政府就会永远因此事而蒙羞，任何政治和解的努力都将寸步难行。