President Asif Ali Zardari, who had requested for the appointment of the Commission, had sought a 15-day delay in the release of the report on the ground that some of the world leaders, who had cautioned Benazir, of likely threats to her life had not been interviewed by the Commission. While the Commission agreed to the delay it did not accept the contention of Zardari that the report was incomplete because it had not interviewed all those who had cautioned Benazir.
Before the report was released to the public, the Nation of Pakistan (April 7) had reported that Zardari had sought a further delay in the release of the report--if possible till June -- but his request was not accepted by the Secretary-General. No convincing explanation was given by the Government as to why it was repeatedly pressing for a delay in the release of the report.
The reasons become obvious as one reads the report released on April 15. The Commission has not only blamed the previous Government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf for failing to provide effective security to her despite its being known that she faced a serious threat, but it has also condemned the Pakistani intelligence agencies for preventing an effective investigation into the assassination. It has not named any intelligence agency in particular, but it is evident that it was having the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in mind.