Pervez Rashid denies Abbottabad report went missing
Pervez Rashid has denied reports that Abbottabad Commission Report had gone missing from PM office.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Talking to Dunya News, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervez Rashid, categorically denied reports that Abbottabad Commission Report had gone missing from Prime Minister’s office.
He said that the report was in safe custody of the government and no unauthorized person can have access to the document.
Pervez Rashid said that report has neither disappeared nor got leaked from PM office.
He said media reports and comments are based on unauthentic, incomplete version of the report.
Pervez Rashid said that former Prime Minister had set up a committee on February 1 this year, headed by the then Minister for Law with Foreign and Defence ministers as members to decide about complete or partial release of the report.
The committee was also mandated to decide whether the report should be made public at all. However, the government’s tenure concluded on March 16, 2013 and the findings of the committee could not be finalized by that time.
He said that the present government is looking into the matter and shall make a decision about release of the report in the national interest.
