Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid categorically denied media reports on Saturday that the Abbottabad commission report had gone missing from the prime minister’s office.
The original report was in safe possession of the government and no unauthorised person could have access to the document, the minister told APP.
“The report has neither disappeared nor leaked from the PM’s office,” the minister clarified.
He said the media reports and comments were based on unauthentic, incomplete and distorted version of the report.
Replying to a question on the possibility of official release of the report, the minister said former prime minister had set up a committee on February 1 this year headed by the then minister for law with foreign and defence ministers as members to decide about complete or partial release of the report.
The committee was also mandated to decide whether the report should be made public at all. However, the government’s tenure concluded on March 16, 2013, and the findings of the committee could not be finalised by that time.
The minister said the present government was looking into the matter and shall make a decision about the release of report in the national interest.
Pervaiz Rashid urged the media to wait for the release of authentic version of the report before making premature analyses or judgments.