The Supreme Court (SC) was moved to restrain the Abbottabad Commission from publishing its report and directing the government to stop more expenditure on commission, on Monday.
The petitioner Shahid Orakzai told the court that the commission, constituted to inquire into the Abbottabad raid and security lapse in January this year, had been informed that information about the CIA operation against Osama bin Laden had reached the president and prime minister but was kept concealed from armed forces. The applicant extended an offer to the commission to provide documentary proof and evidence in respect of the information, but said that members of the commission had avoided taking any action in this regard due to the absence of the chairman.
The petitioner said that the president could have averted the attack by immediately issuing a Proclamation of emergency under article 232, but for reasons unknown he did not do so.
The petitioner further pleaded that he was not aware of whether the commission had obtained a verbal or written refutation of his claim from the armed forces or the political leadership.
The applicant said that the information provided by CIA had deep connectivity with the failed plan that had aimed to install a new security apparatus in Pakistan, and a Memorandum in this connection had already been investigated by another judicial commission appointed by the court.
The petitioner requested the court to restrain the commission from publishing its inquiry, and instructed the federal government to stop expenditure on the commission until ordered by the court.
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