ISLAMABAD: Former director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Faiz Hameed has recorded his statement before the Faizabad sit-in commission, denying allegations of conspiring against the government, sources said.
The former ISI dg was summoned by the panel thrice but he failed to appear before it.
The commission is investigating the 2017 sit-in staged by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
He was then sent a questionnaire by the commission to which he responded and stated that he held negotiations with the TLP on the directions of the government.
According to the sources, the commission had summoned the former army officer on January 2 (Tuesday) but he didn’t appear before the panel.
This was the third time that the former ISI chief remained absent from the hearing being conducted by the inquiry commission, which earlier summoned him in the second week of December last year and then on December 29, sources said. However, the first notice couldn’t be delivered.
In November last year, the caretaker federal government constituted the inquiry commission for the implementation of the Supreme Court’s (SC) 2019 Faizabad verdict.
The probe panel was constituted on the orders of the SC under the chair of retired IGP Akhtar Ali Shah after the apex court rejected the fact-finding committee report constituted by the government.
On November 15, Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked that the commission would be empowered to summon anyone, including former army chiefs, prime ministers, and chief justices.
The inquiry commission is required to submit its report to the top court on January 22.
