ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Investigative Committee to probe Cyril Almeida’s Story would likely be formed on Monday and it would be headed by a retired High Court Judge, according to the Inter Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Chaudhry Nisar told that names of those members of proposed Inquiry Committee had been forwarded to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and hoped the Committee would be constituted by Monday.
The interior minister said that the Inquiry Committee would be headed by a retired High Court Judge and Comprise on senior officers of security agencies.
Nisar said that the prime minister wanted the person behind the fabricated story be exposed.
سرل لیکس کی تحقیقات کے لیے کمیٹی کے نام وزیراعظم کو پیش کردیئے ہیں، امید ہے کہ پیر تک کمیٹی تشکیل دے دی جائے گی
— Ch Nisar (@NisarPMLN) November 5, 2016
کمیٹی کے سربراہ ہائی کورٹ کے ریٹائرڈ جج ہوں گے اوراس میں حساس اداروں کے افسران شامل ہوں گے
— Ch Nisar (@NisarPMLN) November 5, 2016
وزیراعظم چاہتے ہیں کہ جو بھی جھوٹی خبرکا محرک ہے اس کی نشاندہی ہونی چاہیے
— Ch Nisar (@NisarPMLN) November 5, 2016
سرل لیکس قومی سلامتی کا معاملہ ہے، بچوں کا کھیل نہیں
— Ch Nisar (@NisarPMLN) November 5, 2016
Earlier on November 29, Senator Pervez Rasheed was sacked from his Office of Information Minister over his negligence which led the false Story be published in Dawn newspaper on October 6.
While declaring the publishing of a Story related to the National Security Committee (NSC) and National Action Plan (NAP) as “breach of national security”, the federal government also announced an Inquiry Committee including senior officers of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) to probe the matter.
“The planted story related to the NSC and NAP meeting published in Daily Dawn on 6th October was a breach of national security. Evidence available so far points to a lapse on part of Information Minister, who has been directed to step down from office to enable holding of an independent and detailed inquiry,” said the PM House statement issued on November 29.
“An inquiry committee including senior officers of ISI, MI and IB is being formed by the Government of Pakistan to clearly apportion blame, identify interests and motives and expose all those responsible for this episode for stern action in the national interest,” it added.
