The judicial commission to probe the murder of Saleem Shahzad on Tuesday questioned senior officers of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB). Talking to reporters after the meeting of the commission in the Supreme Court Lahore Registry, the commission’s secretary and Federal Information Secretary Taimour Azmat said the senior officers of the ISI and the IB appeared before the commission and answered questions for five hours.
He said the commission had ordered them to file written replies within 10 days, adding that the commission’s opinion would be finalised after it had gone through their replies and it was too early to comment. He said brigadiers and DIGs had appeared before the commission. The secretary said a summary had been moved for extending the time of the commission, adding that the next meeting would be held on September 5.
Justice Saqib Nisar is heading the commission while other members include Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmad, Islamabad Inspector General of Police Binyamin, Punjab IG Javed Iqbal and PFUJ President Pervaiz Shaukat.
