Islamabad: Slain former premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) today formed three delegations to muster international support for its demand for a UN-led probe into her assassination.

One delegation comprising Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari will visit Brussels to seek backing of the European Union while another consisting of her close aide Sherry Rehman and Javed Leghari will visit the US, PPP leader Babar Awan told a news conference here.

The third delegation led by PPP leader and lawyer Farooq Naek will visit the United Nations, Awan said. Naek had drafted the PPP s petition seeking a UN-led inquiry that was sent to the government yesterday.

Awan noted that the government had not issued an interim report on Bhutto s assassination despite the passage of 16 days since her killing in Rawalpindi on December 27. He contended it was legally mandatory to issue such a report within 14 days.

Awan said the government had limited the Scotland Yard team to investigating only the cause of Bhutto s death. The probe should also cover aspects like motive, conspiracy, abetment and destruction of evidence, he said. The establishment of true democracy in Pakistan alone would help end the cycle of suicide bombings, he said.

Source : PTI