ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s government said Thursday it is ready to ask the U.N. to investigate the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, a move opposed by President Pervez Musharraf.
Law Minister Farooq Naek said officials had finalized a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon asking for the probe.
Musharraf and the United States have opposed a U.N. investigation as unnecessary. Washington is urging Pakistan’s new government to focus on tackling Islamic militancy and mounting economic woes.
But Naek and Pakistan’s foreign minister said the world body should probe the killing given the alleged involvement of international terrorists and the political sensitivity of the case in Pakistan.
Bhutto, a two-time prime minister, was killed in an attack as she was leaving an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Dec. 26.
