The UN commission that investigated the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto will present its findings to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, the United Nations said.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said Chile's UN Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, who chairs the commission, would present the report to the UN chief late Thursday afternoon and then hold a news conference.
The report was originally scheduled to be presented on March 30 but Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari asked Ban to delay the release of its findings on his wife's killing, and the secretary-general agreed.
Bhutto was killed in a Dec. 27, 2007, gun and suicide-bomb attack as she was leaving a rally in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, where she was campaigning to return her Pakistan People's Party to power in parliamentary elections.
Pakistan's presidential spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, said the country had asked for a delay in releasing the report so that the commission could attempt to question two heads of state who he said had called Bhutto before her death warning her of "serious threats to her life."
The commission responded saying its probe had been completed.
The government at the time of Bhutto's murder, led by President Pervez Musharraf, blamed Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani militant commander with reported links to al Qaeda. Officials at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency also said Mehsud was the chief suspect.
But Bhutto's party repeatedly hinted that Musharraf or his allies were involved and demanded a UN probe, claiming it was the only way the whole truth would be revealed.
The secretary-general agreed to appoint a commission to assist Pakistan by determining the facts and circumstances of Bhutto's death and it began work on July 1, 2009.
Under terms agreed to by the UN and the Pakistani government, Pakistani authorities would determine any criminal responsibility.
The secretary-general set up a special trust fund to pay for the commission's work and asked for voluntary contributions. UN associate spokesman Farhan Haq said Wednesday that the Pakistani government was the major contributor.
