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UN to look into Bhutto killing

June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

450px-Benazir_BhuttoEIGHTEEN MONTHS after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto the United Nations is to investigate the death of Pakistan’s first (and thusfar, only) female prime minister.

After nearly a decade in exile, having been removed from her elected office twice on charges of corruption, Bhutto had been back in her country for just over two months when she was killed.

There has been much controversy surrounding the assassination, both as to the exact cause of Bhutto’s death, as well as who was responsible for the assassination.

Twenty other people in close proximity to Bhutto that day were also killed during the attack.

This week, a close aide to Pakistan’s Taliban chief, Baitullah Mehsud, confirmed reports that Mehsud was behind Bhutto’s assassination, Pakistan’s Express TV reported.

The Pakistani government and CIA officials have said in the past that Mehsud was responsible for Bhutto’s death.

Her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, is now president of Pakistan. His government has struggled to control terrorism and is waging a military offensive against the Taliban in the country’s North West Frontier Province.

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