UAE gives $0.5m for UN probe into BB murder

ISLAMABAD - The UAE has announced a contribution of US $500,000 to the UN Trust Fund for Benazir Bhutto Inquiry Commission.Presidential Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar in a statement on Friday said that the UAE Embassy in Islamabad had informed Pakistans Foreign Office conveying the decision of the government of UAE.
The Commission is led by Chiles UN Ambassador and includes a former Indonesian attorney general and Irelands former deputy police commissioner as members. The Irish member of the team was also a member of the inquiry commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.
The spokesperson said that the commissions mandate was to inquire into the facts and circumstances of Benazirs assassination. He said that commission, which had already begun to assemble in New York, was expected to arrive in Islamabad in mid-July and complete its work within six months. The commission will submit its report to the UN Secy Gen who in turn will submit it to the UN Security Council and also share it with the govt of Pakistan.
The task of determining the criminal responsibility of the perpetrators of the crime is of the government of Pakistan.
The government of Pakistan has thanked the UAE government for its gesture, Babar said.