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Commission summoned Shahid Khaqan-Ahsan Iqbal in TLP sit-in at Faizabad
ISLAMABAD: The commission constituted to probe the TLP sit-in at Faizabad in 2017 has summoned ex-premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal.
According to official sources, Mr Abbasi has been summoned on Wednesday and the ex-interior minister on Thursday.
The former prime minister assured the commission of his appearance, while confirmation from Mr Iqbal is awaited.
The federal government on Nov 15 formed the commission and issued a notification, which was then submitted before a Supreme Court bench by the AGP.
Former police officers Akhtar Shah and Tahir Alam and additional secretary Khushal Khan are commission members.
According to the sources, Deputy Secretary Fayaz Khan is appointed secretary of the commission, which has an office in the interior ministry. It will probe various aspects of the sit-in, including the role of intelligence agencies’ officials.
The commission had already summoned former Punjab and Islamabad police chiefs Arif Nawaz and Sultan Azam Temuri, respectively, and former Rawalpindi division commissioner Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary.
On Monday, former Rawalpindi police chief Israr Abbasi was grilled for hours by the commission about the sit-in’s facilitators and coordination between the police of twin cities during the protest.
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