Pakistan names commission to investigate Osama bin Laden raid

Posted by Sappho on May 31st, 2011 filed in News and Commentary

Pakistan has named a five person commission to investigate circumstances surrounding the May 2 raid in which US Seals killed Osama bin Laden. The Times of India reports

… The five-member panel commission will be led by Javed Iqbal, a Supreme Court justice. Its other members include a retired lieutenant general and a former ambassador.

According to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s office, the commission’s mandate includes establishing “the full facts” regarding bin Laden’s presence in Pakistan, as well as details about the US incursion.

The commission is also expected to figure out what security lapses were involved on the Pakistani side, and to ultimately make “consequential recommendations.” …

The Pakistani paper DAWN reports

… According to the official notification, the commission will be headed by Justice Javed Iqbal of the Supreme Court and comprise Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, Lt-Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmad, former inspector general of police Abbas Khan and former ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi. Cabinet secretary Nargis Sethi will be secretary of the commission….

The commission is mandated:

i) to ascertain the full facts regarding the presence of
Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

ii) to investigate circumstances and facts regarding
US operation in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.

iii) to determine the nature, background and causes of
lapses of the concerned authorities, if any.

iv) to make consequential recommendations.