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Tuesday October 01, 2024

Faizabad Dharna Commission: Defence secretary writes letters to three services chiefs

Hammooduz-Zaman wrote letters to fix responsibility of those officers providing facilities to TLP

By Shakeel Anjum
January 11, 2024
Protestors gather at the site of the Faizabadsit-in in Islamabad. — AFP/File
Protestors gather at the site of the Faizabadsit-in in Islamabad. — AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary Defence Lieutenant-General (retd) Hamooduz-Zaman Khan has written letters to the three services chiefs to review the role of their officers in the 2017 Faizabad sit-in, sources said.

In his letters to Army, Air and Naval chiefs, he directed them to take action in the light of the Supreme Court order, and send their written statements to the Faizabad Dharna Commission, added the sources. Hammooduz-Zaman wrote the letters to fix responsibility of those officers providing facilities to Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and role of different institutions in staging the sit-in, according to sources.