By Xinhua
United Nations : Pakistan’s new prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that the country may ask the United Nations to investigate Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, a UN spokesperson said Wednesday.
Michele Montas told reporters that UN chief Ban Ki-moon had called the prime minister Wednesday morning to congratulate him.
At that point, the prime minister informed the secretary-general that the Pakistani Parliament intended to take up the issue of a potential UN investigation into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
Montas said that Ban had informed Gilani that the United Nations could not react until it receives a formal request about the investigation from the government.
She added that such a request would be transmitted to the Security Council for a decision.
Former Pakistani prime minister and chairperson of People’s Party Benazir Bhutto was killed in gunshots and suicide bombing attacks on Dec. 27 last year after addressing an election rally in Rawalpindi.