saleem shehzad commission report is public!

[niazifighter]

Saleem Shahzad: Commission report released
By Madiha Saeed
Published: January 13, 2012

The report links Saleem Shehzad's murder to the War on Terror. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting released the report of a judicial commission investigating the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad on Friday. Shahzad had gone missing en route to a television talk show and his body was found May 31 south of the capital, bearing marks of torture.
After six months of thorough investigation, the commission finally released its report, which is summarized below:
The report links Shahzad’s murder to the War on Terror. It says that being an investigative reporter, his writing could have offended any of the parties involved in the war of terror, from the Pakistani state to the Taliban, al Qaeda or foreign actors, the report suggests, giving them a motive to murder him.
Some of the witnesses also linked the murder to the succeeding drone attack on Ilyas Kashmiri.
Despite extensive efforts by the commission, it was unable to identify the culprits due to lack of significant evidence. However, the commission has insisted in its report that the government provide considerable compensation to the victim’s family.
The report also stated that Shahzad’s murder has endangered the Pakistani citizen’s right to life and the freedom of speech and information about public matters.
The report recommends that it is in the nation’s best interest for the public to know the truth and that the press should be made more law abiding.
The commission also proposed that public confidence needs to be restored in all institutions of the state, all agencies should be made extra accountable and agencies like ISI be made more law abiding, their interaction with the media frequently documented.

 

[Leader]

so unless the agencies are not abided by the law, the investigation will not reach to Faisal Shehzad's murderers !!

 

[Indus Falcon]

Saleem Shahzad: Commission report released
By Madiha Saeed
Published: January 13, 2012

The report links Saleem Shehzad's murder to the War on Terror. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting released the report of a judicial commission investigating the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad on Friday. Shahzad had gone missing en route to a television talk show and his body was found May 31 south of the capital, bearing marks of torture.
After six months of thorough investigation, the commission finally released its report, which is summarized below:
The report links Shahzad’s murder to the War on Terror. It says that being an investigative reporter, his writing could have offended any of the parties involved in the war of terror, from the Pakistani state to the Taliban, al Qaeda or foreign actors, the report suggests, giving them a motive to murder him.
Some of the witnesses also linked the murder to the succeeding drone attack on Ilyas Kashmiri.
Despite extensive efforts by the commission, it was unable to identify the culprits due to lack of significant evidence. However, the commission has insisted in its report that the government provide considerable compensation to the victim’s family.
The report also stated that Shahzad’s murder has endangered the Pakistani citizen’s right to life and the freedom of speech and information about public matters.
The report recommends that it is in the nation’s best interest for the public to know the truth and that the press should be made more law abiding.
The commission also proposed that public confidence needs to be restored in all institutions of the state, all agencies should be made extra accountable and agencies like ISI be made more law abiding, their interaction with the media frequently documented.

The report lists the suspects possibly being:
1) Pakistani state
2) Taliban
3) Al Qaeda
4) Foreign actors

Conclusion: NO CLUE!! Could have been the boogeyman?

After issuing such a ridiculous report they had to prove, without the shadow of a doubt that what they were talking was utter nonsense, by saying: "all agencies should be made extra accountable and agencies like ISI be made more law abiding, their interaction with the media frequently documented"

Q1) What is Extra Accountability?? Either you are accountable, or you are not. It's either one or zero, black or white. There's NO Grey!

Q2) "More Law Abiding" - If I were the ISI, I would sue the A$$ of this ridiculous commission and ask them to prove my non law abiding activities. Talk like this is called slander, and can be challenged in any court of law!

Another thing that comes to mind, when this humpty dumpty commission says "all agencies should be made extra accountable " is that this government is admitting that they are NOT in control of just the ISI but God knows how many other Agencies!!

More or less what this commission determined was that they have no ability to conduct an investigation and are just as incompetent as the present government, if not more.

All they managed to do is waste tax payers hard earned cash. Not that this govt. cares about the tax payers cash.

 

[Jango]

I would say, that like Haqqani is not guilty until proven, nor is the ISI.

How is the ISI guilty in this case? It might have been, might have been not.

 

[Leader]

I would say, that like Haqqani is not guilty until proven, nor is the ISI.

How is the ISI guilty in this case? It might have been, might have been not.

ISI was not under the jurisdiction of the commission. so the commission suggested to make ISI and other agencies to be brought under the law. so that if they are involved, they can be punished accordingly.

@twit SS Commission: Don't you know all other 'suspects' shoot/bomb their targets.Only one suspect picks up, beats the life out of its targets:ISI

The killer is obvious, and same who killed Dr Bakir Shah.

 

[kink]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: A commission constituted by the government to investigate the circumstances leading to the killing of journalist Syed Salim Shahzad has blamed various `belligerents` involved in the war on terror for his murder.

But it didn`t single out any person or organisation, who could have killed him, leaving the room open for further probe.

In its set of recommendations, the most important was to rein in the InterServices Intelligence and Intelligence Bureau and make them accountable within their organisations and to the parliamentary committees concerned.

According to the executive summary of the commission available with Dawn, `Salim`s writings probably did, and cer-tainly could have drawn the ire of various belligerents in the war on terror which included the Pakistani state and non-state actors such as the Taliban and Al Qaeda and foreign actors.

`Any of these could have had the motive to commit the crime, as clearly, he was also in close contact with all of these,` said the report. The incident may also have been linked, as asserted by some of the witnesses examined, to the subsequent drone attack on Ilyas Kashmiri, it said. The government plans to make the report public on Friday.

The commission said it had been unable to identify the culprits despite having looked very hard for the kind of substantial evidence/tangible material, direct or circumstantial, which would allow it to single out the culprit fromamong various suspected quarters.

`Yet such evidence has not surfaced,` it said.

The commission has said the more important agencies (ISI and IB) be made more law-abiding through a legislation, carefully outlining their respective mandates and role; that their interaction with the media be carefully streamlined institutionally and regularly documented.

Similarly, all the agencies should be made more accountable at three levels: within the agency and before the minister-in-charge, i.e. through internal administrative review; through a parliamentary committee responsible for oversight over their affairs; and through a suitably tailored judicial forum for redressal of grievances against them. It said the press should be also made more law-abiding and accountable through the strengthening of institutions mandated by law to deal with legitimate grievances against it.

The commission also urged the media to maintain a balance between secrecy and accountability in the conduct of information gathering which should be appropriately readjusted, with the aim of restoring public confidence in all institutions of the state.

Islamabad and Punjab Police should continue to investigate the matter diligently, impartially without any fear or favour by interrogating all those (whosoever) who should in the normal course be interrogated in the present incident.

The commission asked the competent authority to ensureimmediate disbursement of Rs3,000,000 announced by the president of Pakistan on the insistence of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) as compensation to the widow of Salim Shahzad and said his children should be provided free education at least till graduation.

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, the judge of Supreme Court, headed the commission with Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan, Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court, PPO Punjab Javed Iqbal, IG Islamabad Police Binyamin Khan and PFUJ President Pervaiz Shaukat as members.

The commission held 31 formal meetings and examined 41 witnesses.

Salim Shahzad was kidnapped on May 29 last year from Islamabad and his body was found near the Head Rasul area in Mandi Bahauddin, about 130km from Islamabad, on May 31.

Source: DAWN

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

ISI was not under the jurisdiction of the commission. so the commission suggested to make ISI and other agencies to be brought under the law. so that if they are involved, they can be punished accordingly.

The Commission has to first prove that the ISI was responsible for the murder, before trying to 'punish them accordingly'.

Assuming the ISI did commit this murder, no one in the ISI is going to accept it willingly - the commission and/or LEA's have to find evidence and prove it - whether or not the ISI is accountable has nothing to do with the initial need for 'investigation and finding evidence'.

 

[niazifighter]

The report lists the suspects possibly being:
1) Pakistani state
2) Taliban
3) Al Qaeda
4) Foreign actors

Conclusion: NO CLUE!! Could have been the boogeyman?

After issuing such a ridiculous report they had to prove, without the shadow of a doubt that what they were talking was utter nonsense, by saying: "all agencies should be made extra accountable and agencies like ISI be made more law abiding, their interaction with the media frequently documented"

Q1) What is Extra Accountability?? Either you are accountable, or you are not. It's either one or zero, black or white. There's NO Grey!

Q2) "More Law Abiding" - If I were the ISI, I would sue the A$$ of this ridiculous commission and ask them to prove my non law abiding activities. Talk like this is called slander, and can be challenged in any court of law!

Another thing that comes to mind, when this humpty dumpty commission says "all agencies should be made extra accountable " is that this government is admitting that they are NOT in control of just the ISI but God knows how many other Agencies!!

More or less what this commission determined was that they have no ability to conduct an investigation and are just as incompetent as the present government, if not more.

All they managed to do is waste tax payers hard earned cash. Not that this govt. cares about the tax payers cash.

its an open secret that who killed saleem shehzad everybody knows it and regarding the commission calculated language of "extra accountable" could be because of commission fear of them but still commission has done a great job by raising the point of intelligence agency to be invincible and need to be put in a circle of law
your point about suing commission is sheer nonsense no one can sue a commission and you also have to understand that in pakistan there is not only a single institution called army but there is also judiciary which have presented there findings and if ISI and army will refuse to abide by commission findings then it will surely be against the pakistani state

 

[niazifighter]

The Commission has to first prove that the ISI was responsible for the murder, before trying to 'punish them accordingly'.

Assuming the ISI did commit this murder, no one in the ISI is going to accept it willingly - the commission and/or LEA's have to find evidence and prove it - whether or not the ISI is accountable has nothing to do with the initial need for 'investigation and finding evidence'.

you are agnostic but where does your agnosticism goes when it comes to army and isi???????????
commission doesn't have to prove isi culpability first,if you want to probe anyone you don't declare him criminal firsthand.
hussien haqqani is a suspect not a criminal unless he is proven same is the case with isi, isi is suspected but not enough evidence to prosecute but to avoid future incidents ISI must be brought under law

 

[Leader]

you are agnostic but where does your agnosticism goes when it comes to army and isi???????????
commission doesn't have to prove isi culpability first,if you want to probe anyone you don't declare him criminal firsthand.
hussien haqqani is a suspect not a criminal unless he is proven same is the case with isi, isi is suspected but not enough evidence to prosecute but to avoid future incidents ISI must be brought under law

that is why the commission recommended that agencies are to be interrogated, if you want to find the murderer !! unless agencies are not subject to law of the land, a suspect murderer is free out there.