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.

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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.