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'Ahmed Raza Kasuri' is a former Pakistani politician and lawyer who is infamously known for his involvement in the murder case that led to the excution of Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.^[1]
Although a long-time member of the Pakistan People's Party, he rebelled against the regime of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The assassination of Kasuri's father in 1975 prompted Kasuri to accuse Bhutto of organising an attempted assassination against him. The Kasuri murder case caused Bhutto's popularity to plummet. Despite his allegations against Bhutto, Mr. Kasuri rejoined the party and contested the 1977 elections on a PPP ticket. It is generally believed that after Bhutto's ouster Kasuri's case against Bhutto was used as a pretext by General Zia ul Haq to charge Bhutto with murder, but the reality is not so. Kasuri's case was closed during the Bhutto regime, but after Bhutto was ousted, the Mother of Ahmed Raza Kasuri re-opened the case against Bhutto, which is clear evidence that General Zia-ul-Haq had no involvement in the re-opening of the case.^[2] Bhutto was executed in 1979, subsequently Kasuri remained associated with Tehrik-e-Istiqlal for a period of time before withdrawing from politics. He briefly joined Tehrik-e-insaf of Imran Khan prior to the 2002 general elections and contested (and lost) from Rawalpindi. He is presently an advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
He became increasingly prominent in 2007 when he joined the government's prosecution of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.^[3]

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1. Manzooruddin Ahmad, op. cit., P-16, 17
2. Bhutto: The truth about his rule and trial
3. Hearing of CJ petition against presidential reference adjourned
Thursday May 17, 2007 (0623 PST) PakTribune