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The son of slain Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto has accused ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf of "murdering" his mother, by sabotaging her security. 23-year-old Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who returned to Pakistan last year after studying at Oxford , said his mother's assassination was due to a combined effort by extremists, and Musharraf's regime, reports The Dawn. "Al-Qaeda issued the instructions to do it, the Taliban carried out the actual attack, while Pervez Musharraf purposely sabotaged my mother's security when he knew there was going to be attacks, so she would be eliminated," the paper quoted Bilawal, as saying. "He murdered my mother. I hold him responsible for the murder of my mother. He'd himself threatened her in the past, by saying, 'Your security is directly linked to our relationship and our cooperation'," he added. Bilawal further said, "When he imposed emergency, and it was clear that he was pulling the wool over our eyes. He was not interested in returning democracy to Pakistan . And my mother started to speak out more against him, the security decreased." Bhutto was assassinated on December 27, 2007, while leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi , the headquarters of Pakistan 's army, shortly after her return to the country. Musharraf, who has lived in self-imposed exile in London and Dubai since August 2008, has indefinitely delayed plans to return home to contest elections after the government warned he would be arrested upon arrival. Bilawal, who is head of the Pakistan 's People's Party, also said he hopes to take a greater role in Pakistan 's political life. "I did not campaign in the last election, I went to university. I don't feel like at the moment I have the mandate to take a particularly active role," he said. "I look forward to campaigning in the next election and playing a larger role then. I'd like to help my people in any way I can," he added.

Musharraf 'murdered my mother': Bilawal Bhutto