Pak officially asks UN for Bhutto probe

Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Sadiq said Pakistan's ambassador to the UN handed the request to the world body's secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, in New York on Friday. It was unclear when Ban would make a decision and whether he would refer the ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received a letter from the Pakistani government asking the world body to investigate the assassination of the country's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a UN spokesperson said Friday. The letter from ...

Pakistan formally asked the United Nations on Friday to hold a high-level inquiry into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador of Pakistan Munir Akram met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and submitted a letter by ...

A UN spokeswoman said the request was contained in a letter from Pakistan's Foreign Minister sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The UN has hinted the request would likely be refused because no foreign country is suspected of involvement. Ms ...

UN spokeswoman Michele Montas said that the request was contained in a letter from Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi delivered to UN chief Ban Ki-moon by the Pakistani ambassador Friday. "The secretary general has not taken a decision ...

Pakistan's new government has officially asked the United Nations to investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto last December, UN spokeswoman Michele Montas said Friday. She said the request was contained in a letter from Pakistani Foreign ...

Pakistan Ambassador to the UN Munir Akram on Friday confirmed that he had delivered a letter from Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, asking him to constitute an inquiry commission to probe into the ...

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Pakistan has submitted a formal request to the UN for investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Dawn TV reported. Pakistan's UN Ambassador Munir Akram met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and submitted the ...

Ambassador Munir Akram handed over to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a formal letter from the Government of Pakistan seeking a U.N. probe into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto when he called on the world body chief on Friday, according to well ...