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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Abbottabad Commission seeks Osama kin on ECL

ISLAMABAD: Abbottabad Commission decided that the family member of Osama bin Laden (OBL) would be interviewed, therefore they should not be allowed to leave the country.

According to the media reports, the commission has laid out procedure to carry out investigations of the May 02 incident in which US forces killed Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. In its maiden meeting held under the chairmanship of Justice Javed Iqbal at the Islamabad Cantt Secretariat, Relevant officials would also be interviewed as part of the probe.
Other members Lt-Gen (r) Nadeem Ahmed, former ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi and former KPK IG Abbas Khan also attended the meeting. The commission will particularly focus on Osama’s presence in Abbottabad, sources said.
The commission members may also visit the area where Osama was killed. However, no timeframe to complete the probe has so far been finalized. The commission would also issue recommendations on completion of investigations. Online