Lahore, Sep. 5 : Former Punjab Governor Mustafa Khar has revealed that former Bangladesh President Sheikh Mujeebur Rehman feared being killed by the Army.

In an interview with a private television channel, Khar said Rehman was apprehensive of being eliminated by the military, and he had once asked him to convey his fears to the former Pakistan President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

“Sheikh Mujeebur Rehman once asked me to tell Zulfikar Ali Bhutto that the army will kill him first and then murder Bhutto,” Khar said.

Lahore, Dec 28: Former Punjab Governor Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, who has been a close aide of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, has condemned the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and said that she had become the victim of an "election trap".

Khar, who left the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after Benazir announced that she would participate in the coming elections, said he had repeatedly asked Benazir to beware of threats to her life ever since she had returned to the country on October 18.