Abbottabad Commission summons foreign, defence ministers

Commission also summons two formers DGs of the ISI and former DG of IB.

ISLAMABAD: The Abbottabad Commission, formed to probe the May 2 US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, on Tuesday summoned the foreign minister, defence minister and chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to record their statements. The commission will submit its final report soon, officials told The Express Tribune.

The commission has also summoned former director generals of Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) Lieutenant General (retired) Nadeem Taj, General (retired) Ziauddin Butt and former director general of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) Brigadier (retired) Ijaz Shah.

Officials have said that the report will be submitted once the statements of the officials and a few others have been recorded. The process is expected to be finished within two weeks.

The commission held a detailed interactive session under the chairmanship of Justice Javed Iqbal today. Air Marshal (retired) Shahid Latif attended the session.

The commission has so far questioned over 100 witnesses, including military and security officials, former foreign secretaries and ministers, police and intelligence officials, former ambassador Husain Haqqani, Bin Laden’s family, neighbours, and media personnel in Islamabad and from Abbottabad.

The Abbottabad Commission will present the findings to the prime minister who will release orders as per the recommendations given in the report.