UN probe into Benazir murder case challenged in SC

A petition has been filed in Supreme Court on Thursday against the proposed probe into assassination of PPP chairperson and former premier Benazir Bhutto by UN commission.

The petitioner, Barrister Zafarullah, holding federal government responsible, asked the SC to order against the proposed investigation under UN commission, terming it illegal and unconstitutional.

In his petition Zafarullah has ruled out any similarity between the cases of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri and Benazir Bhutto, saying that many international figures were found allegedly involved in Hariri murder that had made the grounds available for UN-led investigation.

The veteran lawyer termed seeking UN probe into Benazir assassination government’s no-trust over its own national institutions and bodies, expecting the apex court will stop any such investigation.

Supreme Court likely to decided the petition fate in next few hours.