Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected Afghan army chief’s assertion that Islamabad controls the Taliban. “The charges that Pakistan controls the Taliban and has ‘unleashed’ them on Afghanistan have no basis,” foreign office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry said.
Neither the Government nor the court set any deadline for completion of probe by the investigators of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which may lead to framing of treason charges and institution of proceeding in a court of law. The court was told that Government had already constituted a special team to investigate the case. Under the law, only federal authorities can order proceedings for treason. Treason under article 6 carries maximum death penalty.