ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Dr Babar Awan on Friday categorically rejected the medical report on the Dec 27 assassination of party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and called for an independent probe under a United Nations commission.

Addressing a news conference here, he alleged that the Punjab government had ‘fabricated’ the medical report and said the party would challenge it at the UN forum.Dr Awan claimed that the X-ray of Ms Bhutto clearly showed bullet wound in her head. He expressed his dissatisfaction over Scotland Yard’s investigations and asked President Pervez Musharraf to first carry out the investigation into the causes of death of Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti.

The PPP leader said that there was no need for President Musharraf to deny army’s involvement in Ms Bhutto’s killing because his party had never raised finger on it. He accused the government of conspiring to create deliberate chaos and anarchy in order to discourage the visit of foreign observers in the country during elections.

Our Staff Reporter adds from Lahore: A team of legal experts set up by the PPP has almost finalised a letter it is planning to send to the UN secretary-general requesting it to form an inquiry commission to investigate the assassination Ms Bhutto and people behind the tragedy.

The draft letter is likely to be presented to PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for approval on Saturday. Once he clears it a further action will be taken to get the needful done. The PPP team is led by Senator Farooq Naek, a prominent lawyer.