KABUL On the request of President Asif Ali Zardari Afghan President Hamid Karzai has shown willingness to meet the UN Commission probing the assassination of Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Karzai has agreed to meet the commission on any day before April 25 in Kabul.

Pakistan Permanent Representative in New York, Ambassador Hussain Haroon has been advised by the Foreign office to convey the willingness of the Afghan president to the Chairman of the Commission.

Diplomatic sources informed that President Zardari has written a letter to former US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice requesting her to meet the Commission for providing a perspective on the back ground and context of the assassination.

Sources told that the president wants the senior officials of Afghanistan, US, UAE and Saudi Arabia to cooperate with the UN Commission in preparing its report.

Officials of UAE and Saudi Arabia have already provided their information in this regard.—DawnNews

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