Curious and curiouser...

Since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto there has been a hue and cry raised concerning the investigation and which outside body would be called in to assist. The government of Musharraf wanted Scotland Yard and the PPP, Bhutto's political party has been advocating for the United Nations.

Oddly enough, Ban-Ki Moon is saying their letter must have gotten lost in the mail...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has not received any request from Pakistan People’s Party seeking a U.N. probe into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, his spokesperson said Wednesday.

“We have not received it as yet,” spokesperson Michele Montas said when asked at the regular UN briefing whether the secretary-general has got a formal letter from the party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari calling for the establishment of a UN International Commission to thoroughly investigate Ms. Bhutto’s murder.

The United Nations position on the matter, as explained by Mr. Ban at his press conference on January 7, is that the U.N. could not assist in the investigation on unless a request was made by the Government of Pakistan.

For its part the PPP claims the letter was sent on Wednesday. No rush, folks. Zardari is claiming that the deadline for receiving the letter from the PPP had passed and so he wrote his own.