{"id":22021,"date":"2024-01-04T10:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=22021"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:02:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:02:19","slug":"shehbaz-sharif-skips-inquiry-commission-hearing-in-faizabad-sit-in-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/shehbaz-sharif-skips-inquiry-commission-hearing-in-faizabad-sit-in-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Shehbaz Sharif skips inquiry commission hearing in Faizabad sit-in probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PML-N president asks the inquiry panel to submit a case-related questionnaire.<\/p>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: According to sources cited on Thursday, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif did not show up for the inquiry commission&#8217;s Wednesday meeting to look into the sit-in in Faizabad.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the sources claim that the former prime minister requested that the commission send him a questionnaire about the investigation they intended to carry out.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<em><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/now-that-faiz-is-gone-what-will-you-do-zardari-asked-sanjrani.html\">&amp;#8220;Now that Faiz is gone, what will you do?&amp;#8221; Zardari asked Sanjrani<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, the commission has received his request and has sent a 21-point questionnaire with a deadline for a response.<\/p>\n<p>Since he was Punjab&#8217;s chief minister at the time of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)-organized sit-in in 2017, the inquiry panel had called the PML-N president to testify in person and provide a statement on the matter on January 3.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry panel has called former Director of Inter-Services Intelligence Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hamid three times so far, but the former military man has not returned their calls.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, the commission is considering video-linking Faiz&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ex-dg-isi-faiz-hameed-skips-hearing-for-the-3rd-time.html\">Ex-DG ISI Faiz Hameed &amp;#8216;skips&amp;#8217; hearing for the 3rd time<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On January 22, 2024, the commission will turn in its inquiry report after the investigation is finished.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry commission was established by the interim federal government in November of last year to oversee the execution of the 2019 Faizabad ruling by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The probe panel, led by retired IGP Akhtar Ali Shah, was established by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on its own initiative following the court&#8217;s rejection of the government-appointed fact-finding committee report.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa stated on November 15 that the commission would have the authority to call anyone, including prime ministers, chief justices, and former army chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>The probe panel had previously heard testimony from former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, former PM Fawad Hasan Fawad&#8217;s secretary, and other high-ranking officials from Punjab and Islamabad who were involved in the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PML-N president asks the inquiry panel to submit a case-related questionnaire. ISLAMABAD: According to sources cited on Thursday, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif did not show up for the inquiry commission&#8217;s Wednesday meeting to look into the sit-in in Faizabad. 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