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Pakistani judge who probed Osama bin Laden raid wants report made public
The Pakistani judge who led the official commission which probed the 2011 raid by US Navy SEALs that killed Osama Bin Ladin has said the panel's report should be made public.
The Pakistani judge who led the official commission which probed the 2011 raid by US Navy SEALs that killed Osama Bin Ladin has said the panel's report should be made public.
Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal demanded the report be made public because "the commission has identified those responsible for the incident".
The inquiry commission set up by the government investigated the circumstances surrounding the May 2011 raid on the al Qaeda chief’s compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad. The commission interviewed more than 300 witnesses and made 200 recommendations in a 700-page report submitted to the prime minister in January 2013.
The report was immediately classified, but a version was leaked by an international news network.
Iqbal said his daughter kept asking whether bin Laden was in Abbottabad, and he had told her that if he revealed this, nothing would remain in the report.
Asked by media who was responsible for what happened, Iqbal said he was bound by oath and could not reveal such details.
He explained the commission’s task was to identify those responsible and suggest action against them. It is only the government of Pakistan which has the authority to identify those responsible before the public, he added.
Iqbal complained about the government not implementing the commission’s recommendations and said the panel had not absolved anyone of responsibility.
