UN to investigate killing of Bhutto

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/11/benazirbhutto.pakistan?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

An independent commission will be set up to identify the killers of the former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto ''with a view to bring them to justice'', the UN confirmed today.

The office of the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said he had agreed to Pakistan's request for an independent inquiry.

A "broad understanding had been reached" on the nature of the commission, including how to pay for it; who its members should be; how to protect its independence and impartiality; and how to ensure its members have access to the information they need.

Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, announced the inquiry, telling reporters Ban would appoint ''well-respected, eminent people'' to the independent commission.

''We have reached an understanding, and there is a concrete decision on that,'' he said.

''The objectives are for the commission to identify the culprits, perpetrators, organisers and financiers of the assassination."