PESHAWAR, Nov 5: A fact-finding commission of lawyers will leave for Bajaur on Monday to ascertain facts about the last week’s attack on a seminary.

The commission was constituted by the Peshawar High Court Bar Association, Peshawar Bar Association and NWFP Bar Council in a joint meeting on Saturday.

It comprises Barrister Baachaa, Mohammad Khursheed Khan, Qaiser Rasheed, Ghulam Nabi, Kareem Mehsud and Ahmedzeb Khan.

They will meet relatives of the people killed in the attack and visit their graves. They will meet the local parliamentarians, witnesses, officials, social workers, ulema and other people of the area.

The commission will also meet the people injured in the bombing.

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