A four-member committee of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was constituted on Thursday to interrogate former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution.
The committee comprises two additional director generals and two directors. They include FIA Additional DG Khalid Qureshi, Azam Khan, Hussain Asghar and Maqsood-ul-Hassan.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar told the National Assembly that the decision to form the committee was made in the light of 1973 Constitution and 1974 Act.
Nisar said the committee would keep the Interior Ministry informed about its investigation and submit its report within shortest possible time.
Responding to points raised by different members, Nisar said the present government had taken a clear stance on November 3 acts of former president Pervez Musharraf and also took the House into confidence on the matter.
The interior minister said that according to the judgment of a fourteen-member bench of the Supreme Court, only one person was responsible for the November 3 acts. He regretted that Pervez Musharraf was trying to push the institution of the army into the entire affair while he alone enjoyed the high office for eight and half years.
He, however, said that PML-N had all the respect for Pakistan army whose personnel had rendered great sacrifices in the war against terrorism. He said there will be no blot on the face and image of Pakistan army due to the initiation of inquiry against Pervez Musharraf.
The interior minister said a meeting of the parliamentary leaders would be held next month to discuss the issues of militancy and security with particular reference to drone strikes. The meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will also be attended by the chief of army staff as well as senior officials of intelligence agencies in order to formulate a consensus policy.
On the situation in Karachi, the interior minister said the government would take into confidence all the political parties to improve the law and order situation in the provincial metropolis. He said he would visit Karachi next month and meet with the governor, the chief minister and political parties there.
Nisar said the federal government will provide all possible assistance to the provincial government of Sindh to improve the situation in Karachi. He said that the provincial assembly of Sindh should hold its session and formulate a consensus policy on Karachi situation.
The interior minister said the government was working day and night to formulate a national security policy. This policy will also be presented before the meeting of the parliamentary leaders and then to the House, he said.