Pakistan

Inquiry report holds Tariq Fatemi responsible for Dawn leaks

Sources said the report will be presented to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the next three to four days

Our Correspondent April 20, 2017

PM’s special assistant Tariq Fatemi. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Foreign Affair Tariq Fatemi is expected to be removed from his position due to his alleged role in Dawn leaks controversy, the inquiry committee’s report available with Express News reveals.

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The government had set up the inquiry committee last year to probe the controversy surrounding a controversial report by daily Dawn about a key meeting on national security.

According to the inquiry committee report, it is Fatemi who was primarily responsible for leaking report of the key meeting to the newspaper without due permission.

Govt unlikely to make Dawn leaks report public

Sources said the report will be presented to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the next three to four days, adding that it will now be difficult for Fatemi to maintain his position.

The committee, headed by Justice (retd) Aamir Raza Khan, included representatives of the Intelligence Bureau, Military Intelligence, and Inter-Services Intelligence.

COMMENTS (17)

Such bolta hoon | 7 years ago | Reply What about punishment, he was found leaking state's secret information.

gp65 | 7 years ago | Reply @Feroz: "Subject of the leak not important but who leaked most important. Congrats !" It was the same way with regards to Bin Laden affair. Shakil Afridi was jailed without due process for leading the Americans to OBL But no questions were asked about who facilitated OBL's stay in Pakistan and who knew what and when.

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Komal S | 7 years ago | Reply So everything in the leak is true then?

unbelivable | 7 years ago | Reply Moral of the story - doesn't matter whether it's true or not - anything that embarrasses the military will get you in hot water.

Billoo | 7 years ago | Reply @Shah: His children are married to foreign nationals. How could NS trust this guy. He could be playing double agent role working for foreign agencies.

Shah | 7 years ago | Reply No issues, now this guy Fatemi being US resident and all his family US citizens will go back and become agent rep for this corrupt government based in US and have large paycheck;

Dharam | 7 years ago | Reply But both govt and military said that story run by dawn journalist is fake and fabricated !!

A. J. Khan | 7 years ago | Reply So the leaks were true? Why did the military and the government lie? I'm sure he's a scapegoat.

Feroz | 7 years ago | Reply They have found a scapegoat who can be hung out to dry. Subject of the leak not important but who leaked most important.Congrats !

Lolz | 7 years ago | Reply Justice delayed is justice denied.

omar anis | 7 years ago | Reply is he going to jail?

Srinath | 7 years ago | Reply This development only confirms that the meeting did take place, that what transpired at the meeting was leaked, that the culprit is identified and that what was leaked was true, after all. Cyril emerges as a hero in this entire episode.Is there any Pullitzer equivalent in Pakistan?

Sad but true | 7 years ago | Reply Dawn leaks stands corrected.

Pg56 | 7 years ago | Reply He can only be responsible for leaking news of meeting of the meeting did happen as was reported by Cyril. So what happens to the denial by Shahbaz Sharif that no such events had transpired?

JKhan | 7 years ago | Reply Finally they all agreed on this poor sacrifial goat. There was "consensus" as Ch Nisar wished for his boss.

Jahan Ara | 7 years ago | Reply So it wasn't Pervaiz Rashid after all???????????

Truth_Prevails | 7 years ago | Reply Poor dude taking someone else's bullet!

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