Islamabad: Lieutenant General (retd) Tariq Khan on Friday refused to headthe government’s commission that was formed to investigate the “threatletter” allegedly sent from the United States.
“The government of Pakistan has suggested my name for the investigation ofthe letter gate. I apologize to the head of the Lettergate Commission ofInquiry,” the general said while talking to Twitter.
Earlier Federal Minister for Information and Law Fawad Chaudhry toldreporters that Lieutenant General (retd) Tariq Khan will lead thecommission that will probe the “threat letter”.
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In a post-cabinet meeting press conference, the information minister saidthe commission would present its report within 90 days after itinvestigates how many dissident MPs were in contact with foreign powers.
