Rawalpindi, Feb. 7 : A four member UN team probing former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has arrived here to carry forward the inquiry.

The UN officials, who arrived late on Saturday, included officials Wright Voranic, Fujiwara, Mersky and Pradhan Summar. The commission members are expected to resume their work on Monday.

Strict security arrangements have been made for the UN inquiry commission, The Dawn reports.

New York, Jan 1 - The UN investigation into the 2007 assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is to take three months longer than planned.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon informed Pakistan's government that the report on the inquiry would now be finished March 31, a UN spokesman said here Thursday.

Islamabad, Dec 31 : The Pakistani government has barred a UN team probing the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto from meeting the country's top military leadership as part of its investigations.

In a letter to the Pakistani government, the commission head, Chilean Ambassador to the UN Heraldo Munoz, had sought access to top military and intelligence officials for interrogation, Online news agency reported.

Larkana (Pakistan), Dec. 28 : Political secretary of Benazir Bhutto has warned that further delay in late Pakistan prime minister’s assassination probe could harm the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), as party workers were tired of waiting for unearthing of the facts.

Naheed Khan, a close confidant of Bhutto, told reporters at Garhi Khuda Bukhsh Bhutto that it was surprising that Bhutto’s murderers had not been unmasked yet.

Rawalpindi, Dec. 22 : Members of the UN commission probing the murder of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhuttto have cut short their visit to the country.

Sources said four investigators, who had arrived in Islamabad on December 13, quizzed several persons in the country before returning back with other security officials.

Official sources said the reason for the team cutting short its visit was probably the change in the schedule of three senior members of the fact-finding commission.

Islamabad, Nov. 18 : The UN commission probing the former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination case has reportedly quizzed former President General Pervez Musharraf.

According to sources, the enquiry commission interrogated Musharraf last Friday and asked about the security arrangements made for Bhutto after she returned to the country in October 2007.

Musharraf was also quizzed about the series of events occurred after Bhutto’s tragic death on December 27, 2007, The News reports.

Islamabad, Sep 30 : The UN team investigating the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto Wednesday completed its task of collecting evidence related to the December 2007 murder.

The three-member UN team led by Chile's envoy to the UN Heraldo Munoz recorded statements of all the political leaders and inspected the site where Bhutto, the wife of incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari, was killed, Online news agency reported.

Pakistan had earlier this year sought a UN probe into Bhuttto's killing after its own investigations and one by Scotland Yard failed to make headway.

London, Sep. 20 : In a chilling revelation, it has been disclosed that it was former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who had asked disgraced nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan to hand over the nuclear know-how’s to Iran.

According to The Times, Qadeer had written a letter in which he had mentioned everything about how he was made a scapegoat in the nuclear proliferation controversy.

Qadeer had also sent a copy of the letter to his daughter, Dina, who is settled in London.

Washington, Sep. 11 : In order to gather facts and collect evidence, the United Nations team probing the Benazir Bhutto murder case will visit London and Washington within the next couple of weeks.

According to the Daily Times, the UN commission would visit New Scotland Yard to study a report prepared by British investigators claiming that Bhutto was killed by the force of the suicide bomb and not by a bullet.

The team will also interview former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in London.

Rawalpindi, Aug. 31 : In order to remove the ambiguity in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency, in association with other intelligence agencies, is planning to reconstruct the scene of late Pakistan prime minister’s assassination.

The Daily Times quoted official sources as saying that a new joint investigation team would reconstruct the crime scene because the original crime scene had not been preserved properly.

Lahore, Aug. 31 : Slain Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had asked the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to be ready for attacking India's nuclear facilities, when reports surfaced in 1990 that US, Israel and India were planning to strike Pakistan's nuclear establishments.

In an interview with a private television channel, former Chief of Army Staff Mirza Aslam Beg revealed that Bhutto had directed the PAF to prepare itself for attacking India.

Lahore, Aug. 29 : Slain Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s protocol officer, Chaudhry Aslam, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking registration of a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf in connection with the former premier’s assassination.

Lahore, Aug 18 : The Pakistan People''s Party (PPP) leadership has again abandoned a party loyalist and the injured guard of slain party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto who was denied entrance to the President's House.

Salim, who was injured in the December 27 Liaqat Bagh attack on Bhutto, was assured of a meeting with party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, to address his grievances by senior Minister Raja Riaz and PPP Lahore President Chaudhry Asghar.

Karachi, Aug 6 : A United Nations (UN) commission probing the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto intends to meet former President Pervez Musharraf as part of investigations into the case, the Foreign Office (FO) has said.

FO spokesman Abdul Basit told reporters that he was unaware if the UN team had already approached Musharraf.

He said the UN commission would “certainly want to investigate those who were in power at the time of the assassination”.

Islamabad, Aug 4 : A UN Commission inquiring into the assassination of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto will question former president Pervez Musharraf next month contrary to the mixed signals coming from the ruling PPP-led Government.

The inquiry commission, it appears, is clear that it will be interviewing Musharraf, who is currently residing in London.

According to sources close to the UN Commission, the interview may be conducted some time in September, most likely in London.

Rawalpindi, July 30 : The protocol officer of late Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has filed a court petition seeking registration of a criminal case against former President Pervez Musharraf, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi for planning a "conspiracy that culminated in the assassination of Bhutto".

Islamabad, July 24 : Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, for the time, has admitted that there was a secret “understanding” between him and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto which facilitated her return to the country in October 2007.

“There was an understanding. I did talk to her, yes. I had been talking to her twice. She was not supposed to come back before the elections,” Musharraf said in a television interview.

Islamabad, July 20 : The killers of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will be exposed and punished soon, said Faisal Raza Abidi, the Political Secretary of President Asif Ali Zardari.

"An independent inquiry into Benazir Bhutto's assassination (by a United Nations Commission) has begun. People will know within days, not months, as to who killed her, and see them being brought to justice," Abidi told reporters here.

The UN inquiry commission probing the assassination of Benazir has completed its first round of investigations and left the country.

Lahore, July 18 : While the UN commission is in the country to probe former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, the Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif’s shocking claims that the government is aware about all the facts regarding the murder, has raised questions over the PPP-led government’s intentions.

Islamabad, July 16 : The UN commission set up to investigate the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto opened its first inquiries in Islamabad on Thursday.

The panel met Bhutto''s widower, President Asif Ali Zardari, and other senior officials on Thursday, the presidency said.

"We approached the UN because firstly we wanted transparent and above board investigations so there are no accusations of bias," presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar quoted Zardari as telling the UN team.