United Nations: The UN Security Council will take a decision on Pakistan's request to hold an independent inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, an official of the world body said today.

The letter sent to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by Pakistan is still being studied for its legal and other implication by the Secretariat, a UN spokesperson said today.

The spokesperson said she could not give timeframe for sending it to the Security Council.

"But ultimately, it would be for the 15-member Council to decide," she said.

Pakistan had requested the UN to probe the assassination of Bhutto, observing that a probe by a global body is necessary as international elements were involved in Bhutto s December 27 assassination.

The ruling Pakistan People s Party (PPP) had pledged before the February general election that if it came to power, it would ask the UN to investigate the assassination of its late chairperson Bhutto.

The two-time premier was assassinated in a gun-and-bomb attack after she addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi on December 27.

Source : PTI