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| UN report on Bhutto death delayed | UN report on Bhutto death delayed |
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| A United Nations report into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has been delayed at Pakistan's request. | A United Nations report into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has been delayed at Pakistan's request. |
| UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepted a postponement until mid-April hours before its scheduled release. | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepted a postponement until mid-April hours before its scheduled release. |
| Pakistan's former prime minister was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack during an election campaign as she left a rally in Rawalpindi in December 2007. | Pakistan's former prime minister was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack during an election campaign as she left a rally in Rawalpindi in December 2007. |
| A UN spokesman, Martin Nesirky, said he did not know the reason for the late request to hold the report back. | A UN spokesman, Martin Nesirky, said he did not know the reason for the late request to hold the report back. |
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| Mr Nesirky confirmed that the report had been finished and that neither the UN secretary general nor the Pakistani government had seen it. | Mr Nesirky confirmed that the report had been finished and that neither the UN secretary general nor the Pakistani government had seen it. |
| He also said that there would not have been a delay unless there had been good reasons. | He also said that there would not have been a delay unless there had been good reasons. |
| The report, withheld at the request of Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari - Mrs Bhutto's widower - follows a nine-month inquiry into the facts and circumstances of the killing. | The report, withheld at the request of Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari - Mrs Bhutto's widower - follows a nine-month inquiry into the facts and circumstances of the killing. |
| Ex-President Pervez Musharraf had refused to seek a UN probe | |
| The three-person inquiry team was led by Chile's ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz. | The three-person inquiry team was led by Chile's ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz. |
| It also includes Marzuki Darusman, the former Indonesian attorney-general, and Peter Fitzgerald, who led an early inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. | It also includes Marzuki Darusman, the former Indonesian attorney-general, and Peter Fitzgerald, who led an early inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. |
| The panel was set up following a request from Pakistan's coalition government, led by Mrs Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party. | The panel was set up following a request from Pakistan's coalition government, led by Mrs Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party. |
| The previous government, led by allies of former President Pervez Musharraf, had blamed Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud for the assassination. He was killed in a US drone strike last August. | The previous government, led by allies of former President Pervez Musharraf, had blamed Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud for the assassination. He was killed in a US drone strike last August. |
| The trials of several Islamist militants charged in connection with the assassination are ongoing. | The trials of several Islamist militants charged in connection with the assassination are ongoing. |
| Mrs Bhutto was the first woman to become prime minister of a Muslim country. No post-mortem examination was held following her death. | Mrs Bhutto was the first woman to become prime minister of a Muslim country. No post-mortem examination was held following her death. |
| Before the delay was announced, a UN spokeswoman in Islamabad was quoted by Agence France-Presse news agency as saying that all of the organisation's offices in the country would close for three days from Wednesday "to avoid any unwanted situation" related to the report's publication. | |
| It was unclear whether any closure would now go ahead. |