PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said that government was not trying to stop the release of UN report into assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.

The rumors about further delay in the release of report are baseless", Malik told newsmen outside the Parliament.

He said that the government desired that the UN commission would have sought relevant information from Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on the basis of which these countries thought that the deceased PPP leader life is threatened.

He said that after receiving the report it would be analyzed from different aspects.

Rehman Malik further said that Afghan nationals living in Pakistan were kept under strict surveillance.

Answering to a question minister said that the 19th amendment is possible and added that the wishes of the Hazarites would be considered.

He termed violent incidents in Hazara division regretful and said the commission has started inquiry into the incidents.