Badaber attack: Nisar criticises leak of information

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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has criticised the leak of information about the identity of some of the militants killed in the Friday’s attack on the PAF camp near Peshawar and said that the release of the information to the media was premature and could adversely affect the investigation.

A statement issued by the ministry’s spokesperson said that the minister had expressed his displeasure over the leak and ordered an inquiry to ascertain how this information was revealed to the media.

The terrorists had been identified on the day of the attack and their identities were kept secret for the purposes of the investigation, the statement said.

It said that at least eight of the attackers did not appear to be of Pakistani origin and their identities were yet to be established, which would require more time.

The statement deplored that the premature release of the information could lead to speculations that would be detrimental to the investigation.

Published in Dawn, September 21st , 2015

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justsaying

Sep 21, 2015 10:47am

What investigation? They were forewarned about high probability of attack. They already know it was directed from Afghanistan - and yet it was allowed to happen. It's always the case of locking the stable door after the horse has bolted! Total incompetence. The warning from intelligence sources must be based upon some fact. Why is it not followed up to prevent attack from happening?

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Ali Rizvi

Sep 21, 2015 11:00am

Now the identities are revelaved, they cannot blame the Afghans that much. :(

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Sal

Sep 21, 2015 11:03am

As far as leaks are concerned, corruption is everywhere in Pakistan. Also, blames others for their own short comings..

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lala

Sep 21, 2015 11:19am

yes its all over facebook.

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Sep 21, 2015 11:29am

Keep the ball rolling... Till people forget about it...

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Raja

Sep 21, 2015 11:31am

@Ali Rizvi Mullah fazlullaah is also in afghanistan. They get trained in afghanistan and attack in pakistan. Afghanistan administration has been shouting about taliban attacking from pakistan and now when a mighty operation is being conducted in pakistan, people from Afghanistan support attacks on pakistani territory. (Do they want pakistan to stop operation against terrorists?)

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Shah

Sep 21, 2015 11:33am

@Ali Rizvi It is was planned in Afghanistan. No one said that the militants came from Afghanistan. Which is the truth as well

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buzdar

Sep 21, 2015 11:57am

guys, remember #sikandar - the ismalabad shooter drama? then ch nisar claimed that he was personally monitoring it. then he criticized zamarud khan for the way he ended the stupidity. more over, ch nisar claimed in parliament that it was an international plot; and that sikandar had links with high profile ones. does anyone know what happened to sikandar finally? last i read about him was that in jail he denied eating vegetables; so he was being served non-veg food with fresh juices. what a system well live in?!

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weqjan

Sep 21, 2015 12:10pm

No other country on planet earth has such irresponsible and untrained media, they even cross the boundaries of their own jurisdiction by taking on tasks of Police - which the Police shoukd have been doing and does not do it.

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Jahanzaib

Sep 21, 2015 12:38pm

@Ali Rizvi Enlighten yourself with a term called 'Sleeper Cells'. It will help you make sense next time around

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Ijaz

Sep 21, 2015 01:33pm

What did you acheived from previous cases you didn't expose your ministry is good for nothing .Pl do your job press conferences people dont care wat you are saying and what you are doing....

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Ahmad

Sep 21, 2015 01:42pm

Oh, Nisar Ali Khan wanted to safeguard the interests of certain people. Now with the release of this information, it will be become difficult for him to do so.

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think_then_speak

Sep 21, 2015 01:54pm

Interior minister is right, but instead of publicly showing anger why not he put his ministry in order. Further, the identity of terrorists being hailing from Pakistan shows that the mantra of external hand and sanctuaries is used as an eye wash to cover incompetence at home in dealing with the sanctuaries of extremists. Government is requested to follow national action plan and implement it in Pakistan in letter and spirit so we may not see the homegrown terrorists targeting our own national interest.

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Ahmad

Sep 21, 2015 02:12pm

While he criticises leak of information ... he should have the audacity to question such repeated security breaches in such highly fortified establishments !!! and they seem to learn no lessons from the earlier lapses -- wonder what is going on .. !!

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Tahir A

Sep 21, 2015 02:19pm

@Ali Rizvi you are absolutely right....thats what is eating Nisar, LEA and Military bigwigs who keep on claiming 90% of area being cleared for the last so many years but will never clear the rest of the 10% to keep the war going but also will not protect the military installations and soft targets for the convenience of the terrorists. I mean how could two vans full of terrorists with heavy ammunition and white Service shoes could travel on the main road full of police and military check points and attack the installation or camp what you want to call it. How could this be possible?This is what Nisar and peer officials needs to explain to the nation and apologize for the loss of young and innocents of the country.

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ishtiaq khan

Sep 21, 2015 02:23pm

How can we be sure of their IDs even if they had them with themselves. Could this not be just a trap/deception. But IDs should have been kept private until proven!

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Qaiser Ahmed

Sep 21, 2015 03:17pm

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, you need to be more worried about the leak of security information surrounding sensitive areas, rather than the identity of dead terrorists. Get your priorities right.

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M. Siddique

Sep 21, 2015 04:35pm

Mullah is living in Afghanistan and sending these criminals into Pakistan. They are Pakistanis and in no way connected to Afghanistan government. It requires close cooperation of the two governments to get rid of these goons.

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