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Regarding the cause of death, it is sort of an odd little controversy.
There is now a brief and blurry video out there that shows the shooter (sorry, I saw it elsewhere and don't have the link on this comp) at nearly point-blank range, so now the official story - that all three bullets missed - seems slightly unlikely. But I don't really see it. What would the government gain from telling other than the truth about this matter? Whether or not the shooter was able to shoot her is really irrelevant to how you interpret the effectiveness of the army in protecting Bhutto - that is, whether or not the state was negligent has nothing to do with whether or not the shots that were fired hit their target, especially because the end result was the same.
Perhaps the PPP is sensitive to the symbolism of her death and maintains the shooting story because it somehow seems to have more glory in it than blunt force trauma (and is therefore more conducive to the concept of martyrdom). Or perhaps they are willing to seize on any issue that helps them portray the government as deceptive and conspiratorial. Most likely, it just seems to me to be a technical misunderstanding exacerbated by distrust and distress.
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