The commission, investigating the US military raid which killed Osama bin Laden and his presence in the country, on Monday, summoned former US ambassador Hussain Haqqani, who resigned this month, the commission said.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilnai had formed a five-member inquiry commission under a Supreme Court judge to investigate the US raid and the presence of the world’s most wanted man in Pakistan for years.
The commission will interview Hussain Haqqani on December 14, when the commission will meet, a commission statement said.
Haqqani resigned this month after a Pakistani-American businessman said he had been asked by Haqqani to deliver a memo to the former US Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen from President Asif Ali Zardari, seeking US help to stop a military coup after Osama’s death.
Haqqani was summoned by the PM and is now being investigated about the memo, which has created a political uproar in the country.
The Osama Commission has also summoned Member National Assembly (MNA) Khawaja Muhammad Asif, as the opposition wants early finalisation of the inquiry report to fix responsibility of those who could not know the intrusion of US helicopters to kill Osama. President of the National Defence University, Islamabad has also been called to share his view on the incident, the commission said.
Sources said the commission has invited President Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and top political leaders to seek their opinion about the US raid. The commission will finalise a report after getting opinions of the political leaders, the sources said, adding that five committees have been formed to note views of the leaders.
The commission has already interviewed family members of Osama bin Laden, the intelligence chief, air force officials and authorities in Abbotabad.
The commission members have visited the Osama compound twice and also held interviews with top military, intelligence and air force officials as part of the investigation.
The security agencies and the air force had been under fire for their inability to intercept the US military helicopters which intruded deep into Pakistani territory and conducted a 40-minute operation in Abbotabad to kill Osama bin Laden.
The commission statement said the members also interviewed Dr Shakil Afridi, who has been arrested by Pakistani authorities for arranging a fake vaccination campaign in Abbotabad to get DNA samples of members of Osama family.
“The commission conducted an exhaustive interview of family of Osama Bin Laden — his three wives and two daughters on October 4, 2011,” a commission statement said.
The commission has barred the government from handing over Osama family members to any country unless the investigations are completed.
Reports said the American CIA had hired the services of Dr Afridi, who had been working at Abbotabad hospital.
The US has reportedly demanded release of Dr Afridi but Pakistan has rejected the demand, sources said.
The statement said the inquiry commission also interviewed chief of the intelligence agency, Lt General Ahmad Shuja Pasha. No details about the meeting have been divulged.
The commission will conduct another interview with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general on Thursday.
A meeting of the Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad Operation will be held on December 14, 2011 in the Cabinet Division under the chairmanship of Justice Javed Iqbal, Former Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the President of the Commission.
