ISLAMABAD: The Information Secretary of Judicial Commission Taimoor Azmat investigating the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad said that the phone records from Shahzad cell phone has been received however, his laptop was still missing.
Azmat said this while briefing the media after a session of the judicial commission at the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Saturday.
During the meeting, Justice Saqib Nisar said that all senior journalists who had been requested to cooperate must come up with their input.
He said that without their cooperation it would be impossible for the commission to work effectively.
The journalists, summoned by the judicial commission, requested the court to take their statements in writing at the next meeting rather than recording them in front of everyone.
The commission approved their request and assured them that full security will be provided to the witnesses.
Azmat said that the journalists had been directed to submit their written statements before next session of commission to be held on July 18.
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i agree with dr sa khan that the commission be allowed to decide the case.we trust this commission and should wait for its verdict and avoid making advance statements.this is in everybody interest.
Countries have some National Secrets. These are to be kept secret. Pakistan is a Target of internationl foe inteligence agencies.They want to defame and destabilize Pakistan and to show to the International comunity that Nuclear Assets of Pakistan are not Safe. For this mission,different people including Journalist are being paid and used. I will request all my fellow Pakistanies,not to become traiters.Don't play in their hands. I have sympathies with Saleem Shehzad and his family. Let the commission decide,who was the killer. LONG LIVE PAKISTAN
@Ben But that Raymond Davis escaped thanks to nice and clean work by our agencies , as they were seeking good relation with their bosses in US , so whats about this Raymond Davis (as u call him) ? will he get the same favor from our spy masters ??
enough guys... he is dead... lets forget him like the 2 sialkot brothers, drone victims, kharotabad etc... nobody really cares if he was a journalist or not...
It is well known that he had links with the Taliban, Cia and initially with KGB and ISI too. He, like many of our new breed of pontificating semi-educated journalists, had been exposing himself to danger. And as they say, if you live by sword, you die by sword.
The questions, we Pakistanis should ask are 1- Is he the first jouralist to be killed? If not, why did the other killings remain routine incidents? 2- Why is there so much noise and accusations of the army on this sad incident? 3- Why is the US so particularly upset? 4- When ISI declares that it is not invoved, why do not we believe them? 5= Why do not we ask ISI to file an afiidavit on oath that the agency did not kill, or order to kill or engineered his killing?
Saleem Shehzad murder has given US media and administration officials another reason to malign Pakistan army when the judicial commission is in the middle of the investigations. These stories are aimed at influencing the proceedings through media trial. The way it is being done, it seems that the slain journalist was another Reymond Davis in Pakistan.
One can only imagine how terrified a journalist must be to give open and honest testimony knowing that the probable culprits in this assassination was the ISI - I doubt they place much assurance on the commissions statements indicating they would be protected.