Islamabad: The Abbottabad Commission Monday summoned Wajid Shamsul
Hassan, Pakistan High Commissioner to UK for investigation over his
remarks about Bin Laden operation, media reported.
According to
sources the commission probing US raid in Abbottabad that killed Osama
bin Laden on May 2 this year, decided to summon Hassan during a meeting
presided over by its chairman justice retired Javed Iqbal.
The sources said that Hassan has been directed to appear before the commission by last week of December.
The
commission held consultations with Wasim Sajjad, senior lawyer SM Zafar
and Justice retired Nasira Iqbal prior to the decision.
It is
to mention here that, Wajid Shamsul Hassain had said in a statement that
Pakistan’s top leadership might aware of US raid in Abbottanad.
Hassan
is not attending two–day envoy conference that is under way under the
chairmanship of Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad attended
by top military officers and ambassadors and high commissioners to 15
countries.
Sources said that Hassan was afraid of being taken into custody by the security establishment.
Earlier
Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, head of the Abbottabbad Commission had said
that the investigation into the May 2 raid that killed former al Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden is expected to be completed by the end of
December.
The commission was formed to ascertain facts regarding
Bin Laden’s presence in Pakistan, to investigate the circumstances
surrounding the US operation, to determine the nature, background and
the security lapse on part of the authorities, if any, and to make
consequential recommendations. Online
