UN says it will investigate Benazir killing

Recently I was reading an article on IBN. I found the article very good. It is an article related to politics. The UN had decided to investigate the killing of Benazir Bhutto. She was the prime minister of pakistan some time back.


The UN chief has agreed to Pakistan's request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.


UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's office confirmed the agreement moments after it was announced by Pakistan's top diplomat.


"The objectives are for the commission to identify the culprits, perpetrators, organizers and financiers of the assassination," Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday, just after a brief, private meeting with Ban.


Determining who was behind Benazir's killing could help stabilise a nation that is a key US ally in the fight against terrorism, but has been struggling against an influx of insurgents joining with al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Pakistan's remote tribal and mountainous areas.


The previous government blamed the Taliban in Pakistan for the attack against Benazir, but suspicions surrounding her death have been cast far and wide -- a further reason for the government's pressing to clear up the matter. Qureshi assured reporters that Ban would appoint "well-respected, eminent people" to the independent commission.