NewsFriday, January 25, 2008
Eight US senators ask for UN probe into Benazir’s murderBy Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: Eight US senators have asked President George Bush to take quick and decisive action to help ensure that Pakistan moves in the right direction. In a letter addressed to the president, the senators have asked for an immediate, thorough, and credible investigation to be conducted under the aegis of the UN into the murder of former Pakistan People’s Party chairwoman Benazir Bhutto. They have also asked for the reinstatement of sacked Chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, as well as that of other dismissed judges for the sake of a functioning independent judiciary. All those arrested during the emergency, they have demanded, should be released, while the Election Commission should be reconstituted with the consensus of all major political parties The letter has been signed by senators Russ Feingold, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, Bob Casey, Gordon Smith, Robert Byrd, Robert Menendez and Ben Cardin, all Democrats with the exception of Gordon Smith.
Courtesy Daily Times