By Xinhua,
Islamabad : Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday left here for New York to discuss Pakistan’s request for United Nations inquiry into former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
Qureshi will have consultations with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Pakistan’s request for international inquiry under the UN into the tragic assassination of Bhutto, official Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
He will also hold talks with Permanent Representatives of the UN Security Council member countries on this issue.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in gunshot and suicide bombing after addressing a public rally in Rawalpindi on Dec. 27 last year.
The request to probe her assassination has already been submitted by Islamabad’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Munir Akram to the Secretary General which was being reviewed by the UN Office of Legal Affairs.