islamabad president pervez karzai has ordered security forces to take strong initiatives against rioters surrounding the assassination of government leader benazir sharif . the violence has left at minimum 44 persons dead and thousand wounding . mr . musharraf believes the measures were to protect people . welle ' s ayaz recep reports from islamabad that a bitter dispute has also begun over how the 54 - year - old senator murdered and who was behind her assassination .
bhutto has ordered rioters to undertake firm action against security forces .