{"id":44035,"date":"2024-01-05T06:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T06:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/faiz-denies-allegations-of-conspiracy-against-govt-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T06:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T06:11:06","slug":"faiz-denies-allegations-of-conspiracy-against-govt-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/faiz-denies-allegations-of-conspiracy-against-govt-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Faiz denies allegations of conspiracy against govt | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nISLAMABAD:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former director general Inter-Services Intelligence Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed on Thursday recorded his statement before a three-member commission formed to identify those who planned, financed, and supported a sit-in at Islamabad\u2019s Faizabad around six years back.<\/p>\n<p>The dharna had brought a little-known religious party, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), into the national spotlight.<br \/>The commission is also tasked with recommending legal action against the planners and executors of the protest which disrupted lives in the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad between Nov 6 and Nov 27, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Constituted under Section 3 of the Pakistan Commission of Inquiry Act, 2017, the commission is led by Syed Akhtar Ali Shah, a former civil servant, who also served as the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police chief.<\/p>\n<p>It also comprises Tahir Alam Khan, also a former police officer, and Khushal Khan, an additional secretary at the Ministry of Interior.<\/p>\n<p>The commission is scheduled to conclude its inquiry within two months (Jan 15) after its notification.<\/p>\n<p>The TLP, then led by Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi, had staged the sit-in in protest against the changes made in the lawmakers\u2019 oath, affirming their belief that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the last messenger of God.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the protest, the PML-N government had to sack its law minister Zahid Hamid. The Supreme Court had taken suo motu notice of the sit-in on Nov 21, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>While giving his statement, Faiz answered the questions given by the commission, in which he said that he had negotiated with the TLP on the instructions of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Faiz denied the allegations of conspiracy against the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v5.0&#038;appId=419051588770002&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Former director general Inter-Services Intelligence Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed on Thursday recorded his statement before a three-member commission formed to identify those who planned, financed, and supported a sit-in at Islamabad\u2019s Faizabad around six years back. 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