The commission probing the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad on Tuesday completed its investigations and is now compiling a final report which would be presented to the government in two to three weeks.
The commission was formed to investigate the mysterious murder of Shahzad, who was kidnapped and killed in May soon after writing a controversial article for Asia Times Online regarding the influence of Al Qaeda in Pakistan’s armed forces. According to a statement by the commission’s secretary, some inevitable factors such as non-availability of important witnesses delayed the commission’s proceedings. “Moreover, Brigadier Zahid Mehmood Khan, who represented the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on the matter, took some time to prepare and produce the agency’s written response before the commission,” said the handout.
