ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Monday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to expedite their efforts to get relevant information in Aamir Cheema’s death case from the German authorities.

The committee gave this directive during its meeting held here in the Parliament House with Senator S.M. Zafar in the chair. The committee was given a briefing on the mysterious death of Aamir Cheema in police custody in Germany.

The director-general Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the committee that the German Foreign Office was cooperating with Pakistan in seeking the German response to the FIA questionnaire. He expressed the hope that, “we would be able to get replies to the questions and assured to properly pursue the matter with the German authorities both in Islamabad and Berlin”.

Tariq Khosa, the head of the probe team in Aamir Cheema’s death case, informed the committee that the interior ministry was trying to get replies to the queries. He said 10 more questions had also been added to the questionnaire which would be helpful in drawing conclusion and making the proceedings more transparent.

The committee directed the interior ministry to submit a detailed report on the issue as soon as it gets answers to the questionnaire. It was of the view that as the matter was of great importance, it directed the ministries of foreign affairs and interior to make all out efforts to get relevant information.