"The report has neither disappeared nor got leaked from PM office," the Minister clarified. PHOTO: INP/FILE
The original report is in safe possession of the government and no unauthorised person has access to the document, he told APP.
"The report has neither disappeared nor got leaked from PM office," Rasheed clarified. He asserted that media reports and comments were based on unauthentic, incomplete and distorted versions of the report.
Replying to a question on the possibility of official release of the report, the Minister said former Prime Minister had set up a committee on February 1 this year, headed by the then Minister for Law with Foreign and Defence ministers as members to decide about complete or partial release of the
report.
The committee was also mandated to decide whether the report should be made public at all. However, the government's tenure concluded on March 16, 2013 and the findings of the committee could not be finalised by that time.
Rasheed said the present government is looking into the matter and shall make a decision about release of the report in the national interest.
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Some people look in their appearance to be very sober, well mannered and honest, but behave exactly the opposite non-serious way. The gentleman falls in this category.
This is the same PM, when in opposition, who declared against the foreign policy guidelines that Pakistan is a Nuclear State while addressing political rally at Neela Butt, Kashmir. This time the report will go against him as it has more bad news for Punjab government.
And the national interest would be to deny the authenticity of leaked report and not release the report like all previous reports.
For the report to get leaked the original does not have to go missing all u need is a photocopy.
Only way to refute the leak is to fully release the original report as requested by thecommission
Um...why do the minister make such stupid statements ? Now that the whole report has been leaked and digested, why is he talking about formation of committee to decide what can be released ? It makes the government look amateurish.
is PM himself in Safe custody??
A mindset of stone age in a digital age. Rest of the world has already read it and it is in every credible outlet of the free world. Moreover few people from Pakistan have already commented on it.
There should be a suo moto. If peole from PM's secretariat are selling a confidential report to foreigners right now, after five years they will end up selling the entire country. Some parts are already sold to china.
I'm confused. How much of that report leaked on the al jazeera website is complete and accurate? Because I had about 337 pages of it.