Faiz Hameed made deal with TLP without PM’s knowledge: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD (TLTP): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that Faiz Hameed had made a deal with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to end the Faizabad sit-in and later it was shown to then prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
Ahsan Iqbal gave a statement to the Faizabad Dharna Inquiry Commission that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had objected to the resignation of the minister and the name of former ISI chief Faiz Hameed in the agreement.
The PML-N leader in his statement to the Faizabad Commission said that Gen. (retd) Faiz Hameed held talks with the TLP leaders.
“He brought the text of the agreement after talks with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leaders,” than interior minister Ahsan Iqbal said.
The inquiry commission, constituted to investigate the TLP sit-in staged at Faizabad Interchange in Islamabad in 2017.
Ahsan Iqbal testified that in the text of the agreement, it was agreed over resignation of the minister of law. Maj. Gen. Faiz Hameed’s name was also written in text.
Iqbal said that he shared the text with the prime minister. The PM opposed resignation of the minister and the name of the military officer in the text. “I was informed that the agreement has been finalized and could not be pulled out,” Ahsan Iqbal said.
The federal government established an inquiry commission, headed by retired Inspector General Akhtar Ali Shah, in response to the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Fact-Finding Committee’s report.
The inquiry commission – in its 149-page report gave clean chit to Faiz Hameed.
The commission maintained that the then DG ISI and Army Chief had given permission to Faiz Hameed for the agreement. The report added that then Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal were also taken on board for the agreement.
The federal government has set up a high-level committee to probe allegations against former ISI DG Lt-Gen ® Faiz Hameed.
The committee was set up following the guidelines of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Ministry of Defence.
The apex court had already heard the case of the alleged involvement of former DG ISI in a private housing society scam. Faiz Hammed was accused of misusing his authority in the case.
The inquiry committee headed by a major-general will prepare a report after reviewing the veracity of the allegations.
In case, all allegations are proven true, the inquiry committee will move its recommendations to the government.
On November 08, 2017, TLP held a sit-in at Faizabad interchange against the amendments in the Election Act 2017, changing the word ‘oath’ to ‘declaration’.
