United Nations, June 7 Pakistan is learnt to have formally requested the United Nations to hold a high-level inquiry into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Pakistan ambassador at the UN Munir Akram met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last evening and submitted a letter written by his country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi requesting the world body to investigate the murder of the PPP leader on Dec 27 last year.
According to UN sources, Qureshi recalled the events in Pakistan which led to Bhutto’s assassination and subsequent resolutions by Pakistan’s national and provincial assemblies. They, however, refused to divulge any information about contents of the letter.