Islamabad: The UN commission inquiring into the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto would be "interviewing" ex-President Pervez Musharraf next month as it believed that he was "perhaps the most authoritative personality" in Pakistan at the time of her killing in 2007, a media report said on Tuesday.
The inquiry commission is clear about the need to interview Musharraf, who is currently living in London and touring countries in Europe to deliver lectures. The interview might be conducted sometime in September, most likely in London, The News daily quoted sources close to the UN Commission as saying.
Pakistan's Supreme Court recently ruled that the emergency imposed by Musharraf in November 2007 was unconstitutional and illegal, paving the way for his likely trial on charges of treason.
Reports have suggested that Musharraf is unlikely to return to the country in the near future due to the court's verdict.
The three-member commission will definitely interview the former military ruler in person, irrespective of whether he is in Pakistan or Britain, the sources said.
The commission, which will go by its own mandate, believes that its work will be incomplete without interviewing a "principal, important and perhaps the most authoritative personality in Pakistan" at the time of Bhutto's killing in
December 2007.
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