ISLAMABAD: The leaked report of the Abbottabad Commission will come under parliamentary scrutiny on Wednesday when the Senate Standing Committee on Defence will hold a discussion on it.

The discussion on the leaked report of the judicial commission, formed by the previous PPP government to probe events leading up to the US military raid in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011, is part of a five-point agenda of the committee’s meeting.

The committee’s chairman, Senator Mushahid Hussain, told Dawn that the body had not invited any government official or anyone from the security establishment to attend the “in camera” meeting. Because of sensitivity of the matter, the committee members would first hold an internal discussion on the contents of the leaked report and try to reach consensus on how to proceed further.

When his attention was drawn to questions being raised over authenticity of the leaked report, he said the government should officially release the report to end the so-called controversy.

“For me, it is not leaked but a lead. Whoever has leaked the report, has done a great public service,” he said. “The report has brought truth before the nation.”

Mr Hussain, also secretary general of the PML-Q, said he was an ardent supporter of Edward Snowden who had recently leaked information about secret electronic surveillance by the US and that he appreciated the person who had leaked the commission report.

He praised members of the commission for preparing a ‘bold and candid report.’