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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Non-availability of DG ISI

Abbotabad Commission postpones meeting ISLAMABAD: Meeting of Abbottabad Commission (AC) constituted to ascertain facts about US military operation in Abbottabad has been postponed due to non availability of Director General ISI Lt Gen Ahmad Shujja Pasha as commission had summoned him in connection with his briefing on May, 2 incident.

High military sources told Online Monday AC meeting which was to be held on August 1 had to be postponed due to Lt Gen Ahmad Shujja Pasha pre-occupations abroad. However sources refused to inform about the name of the country where DG ISI was at present and what was objective of his visit.
As per media reports DG ISI was to undertake an important visit of China in the perspective of Pak-US relations. However no confirmation could be made from independent sources about the reports of DG ISI visit to China, Earlier DG Military Operation Maj Gen Ashfaq Nadeem Ahmad had given detailed briefing to commission on May 2 incident in its July, 25 meeting. In his briefing DG Military operation had told that US had conducted this operation in the environment of trust with Pakistan and army was fully ignorant about this operation. He had also told that country’s national assets could not be compared with Abbottabad incident. Only training academy of army personnel was located in Abbottabad and no combatant soldiers were deployed therein, he stated. Online