US operation probe: Abbottabad commission interviews acting IB, FIA chiefs
The commission met on Tuesday, with former senior judge of the Supreme Court Justice Javed Iqbal in the chair, to question the officials on their perspective over what Pakistani authorities claimed was a unilateral operation by the US.
Constituted almost a month since the covert operation that killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the commission has already interviewed officials of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), including its chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, as well as officials of the Pakistan Air Force.
The commission has also interviewed Bin Laden’s family members who were left behind after the operation and lifted the bar on their travel.
On the recommendation of the commission, authorities have registered a high treason case against a doctor who had allegedly collaborated with US intelligence agencies in locating Bin Laden in his compound, where he was eventually killed by the special American forces on May 2.
Another important meeting of the commission will be held on Wednesday (today) to record the statements of the director general MI and the K-P Inspector General Police.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 12th, 2011.
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treason/high treason because the doctor helped the mass murderer to get what he deserved and thats the cause Pakistan is helping america on then why call it treason?
With the amount of time that has passed everyone with reasons to lie have had time to get their stories straight. That added with the pre-decided views and peculiarly selective people who they speak to the conclusion is not going to be eye opening by any stretch of the imagination.
its a sham commision ....!!!!!!!
If the Commission was focused on finding out why OBL was living comfortably inside Pakistan within shouting distance of the Pakistan Military Academy or why the American's found him when the ISI didn't --- Pasha would have been the first on the list of people you would have interviewed. .. At least one member of the Commission had exonerated the military and the ISI before the Commission took any testimony. The head of the Commission recently indicated the report was almost complete and would protect "sovereignty" but they haven't even heard testimony from the organization that was primarily responsible for finding the location of OBL. Inappropriate statements from individuals tasked with an important and supposedly independent investigation. . It's apparent that this Commission is going through the motions - has no intention of doing any real investigating and whatever report is issued will carry little (if any) weight in the international community.