Late Benazir Bhutto awaits justice!

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said Tuesday it would delay the release of a report into the assassination of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto until April 15 at the request of Islamabad.

“The secretary general has accepted an urgent request by the president of Pakistan to delay the presentation of the report… until April 15,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told a press briefing.

A UN-appointed independent panel, which began its investigations last July into Bhutto’s killing in December 2007, had been due to submit its findings to UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday.

The report by the panel “is now complete and ready to be delivered,”Nesirky said.

He added the report would be made public, but would not be shown to the Pakistani government before April 15. Ban himself had not yet read the document, he said.

Earlier, a UN spokeswoman in Islamabad said all UN offices in Pakistan would close for three days from Wednesday as a security precaution taken in connection with the release of Bhutto report.

“Offices are going to be closed for the next three days. All UN offices in the country,” spokeswoman Ishrat Rizvi told AFP on Tuesday, saying staff were being advised to work from home in a bid to avoid any possible fallout.

“It’s a precautionary measure to avoid any unwanted situation that may occur after the publication of this report, for the safety and security of staff members,” she added.