ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior on Friday directed the Ministry of Interior and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to include Ehsanullah Ehsan as a suspect in the Malala Yousafzai attack case.
The committee also suggested the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) to interrogate Ehsan.
In a letter addressed to the Interior Ministry, the KP Home Ministry and the IGP, Standing Committee Chairman Rehman Malik said that since the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack on Yousafzai at the time when Ehsan was the spokesperson for the militant group, he should be included in the investigation.
The letter said that the responsibility of attack on Yousafzai was claimed by the Taliban through Ehsan.
“While he is now in custody and has made several revelations about the involvement of India, Afghanistan and other countries in terrorism activities, it is important to investigate the motives behind the attack on Ms Yousafzai and see if any country was involved,” the letter said.
“His name may be put in the FIR of the attack on Yousafzai for further course of investigation. A JIT should be constituted to interrogate him as he has first hand information of the case. Moreover progress of the previous investigation and details of the FIR and statements of the young girl, her parents, colleagues and other witnesses may be put before the committee,” the letter added.
Yousafzai was born in 1998 and received her early education in Mingora, Swat, where for many years the Taliban had barred girls from attending school.
