The Abbottabad Commission has interviewed the Intelligence Bureau Director General Aftab Sultan for a second time.
The commission, headed by Justice Javed Iqbal, held a session behind closed doors on Wednesday. The panel also interviewed secretaries from the ministries of law and information, as well as an expert from the National Defence Academy and the chief census commissioner.
The commission has been tasked to ascertain the facts regarding the presence of Bin Laden in Pakistan. The chief of the ISI and other senior officials from intelligence agencies have already been interviewed by the commission.
Due to the session not being public, little is known about the exact nature of the meetings. However, sources said that the commission is cross-questioning the officials on the basis of statements provided by senior staff at security and civilian institutions.
The commission has also asked Husain Haqqani, former Pakistani ambassador to the US, to appear on December 14.
Javed Iqbal is a former senior judge of the Supreme Court and the president of the commission. Other members of the commission are Abbas Khan, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, and Nadeem Ahmed.
The government had announced that it would make the commission’s report public. However, no timeframe has been fixed for it to complete the inquiry.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2011.
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