Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has called for a probe into how the inquiry report of Dawn Leaks was leaked before the government released it.
Ishaq Dar during a news conference in Washington emphasised that recommendations made by the inquiry committee would be implemented.
The finance minister denied that the inquiry committee had recommended the removal from office of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi.
“From what I understand and the contents I have seen or read, it is not Tariq Fatemi’s resignation. It is perhaps about Fatemi’s change of portfolio,” he said.
“Change of portfolio is very common. If I go back and PM decides to change [my portfolio], this is administrative. There are no new complications in this,” he said.
He said that if Fatemi’s portfolio is changed, it would merely be an administrative decision.
The English-language daily, Dawn, had published a story on October 6, in which journalist Cyril Almeida had written about an alleged civil-military rift during the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting over the issue of tackling jihadi outfits.
