None given clean chit in Abbottabad Commission report: Javed Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Abbottabad Commission, Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal Tuesday termed media reports misleading and said that no one was given a clean chit in the Abbottabad Commission report.

Justice (retd) Iqbal added that the report not only identified all those who were responsible for the incident but also reviewed the role of different institutions.

He said that the report containing over hundred recommendations was personally submitted to the then prime minister on January 2 and it was the duty of the government to make it public. He said that the Commission also examined seven thousand documents in Arabic besides one diary.

Talking to Geo News, Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal rubbishing the allegations about delay in Commission report over the issue of TA and DA said that Rs50 million given to the Commission was returned to the government.

Responding to a question, Commission Chief said that individuals and organizations were included among those held responsible in the report. He said that there were no major differences among the members of the Commission over the report although all the members were free to express their opinion in their own style of writing. The Commission worked remaining within its mandate.

Justice Javed Iqbal reiterated that the Commission has already submitted its recommendations to the government and it was the privilege of the government to publish the report, but he insisted that none was given clean chit in the report.

Terming it a collective failure of authorities as a whole, the Abbottabad Commission Report said no Pakistani institution or individual alone was responsible for the operation, which killed former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil.

According to a copy of the report --acquired by Geo News-- the US Navy SEALs were provided with strategic ground support/intelligence for the operation to capture the world’s most wanted man.