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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
No further delay sought in UN report on Benazir’s murderUNITED NATIONS: A UN spokesperson on Tuesday denied a Pakistani press report that the government had sought a further delay in the release of the UN report on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
She said the report would be published next week. “We have received no new request,” UN spokesperson Marie Okabe said. The news report said the Pakistani government had requested the UN to further delay the publication of the report until June or even beyond. On March 30, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accepted a request from President Asif Ali Zardari to delay the release of the report until April 15. The three-member UN commission, headed by Chilean Ambassador Heraldo, was set up following a request by the Pakistani government and began its work in July 2009. The commission members include Marzuki Darusman, the former attorney-general of Indonesia, and Peter Fitzgerald, a veteran of the Irish National Police who has also served the UN in a number of capacities. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk