ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid today (Monday) asserted that an investigation team from Afghanistan had arrived to probe the alleged abduction of the Afghan ambassador’s daughter.
“I have instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to hand over the investigation results based on facts and the truth to the Afghan investigation committee,” he said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad.
The minister claimed that the Islamabad police had completed the investigation and were fully prepared to answer any questions of the Afghan team. “The Afghan team is free to carry out their investigation. Pakistan is a free country and they are in contact with the FO,” he added.
He further said he had given police clearance to share its investigation and footage with the Afghan team. “If the Afghan team want, they can interview the detained taxi drivers as well,” the minister added.
Speaking about the protection of the diplomatic staff working in Pakistan, the interior minister said that the government will install 190 cameras in the diplomatic enclave. He said that measures will also be taken to make the enclave secure and modern.
Noor Mukadam Case
Ambassador Najibullah Alikhil’s 27-year-old daughter Silsila Alikhil was allegedly abducted briefly and tortured by unidentified persons last month while returning from a bakery in Blue Area before being dropped alongside a road with her hands and feet tied and a note that “your turn is next” and “communist”.
He also commented on the Noor Mukadam murder case and said he had given his utmost effort and collected witnesses in the cases and gotten forensic investigation carried out.
Now I can’t get Noor’s killer killed in a police encounter because social media is so pervasive. The decision is of the courts, the testimonies are complete and I hope he will be given the death sentence,” he added.
Afghan Situation
The Interior Minister also talked about the situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. “Pakistan Army has almost completed the fencing on its side of the border, to keep the militants out,” he added.
He added that there were no Taliban militants residing in Pakistan nor were any Afghan refugees coming into the country as a result of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.
