Shafi–ur–Rehman Commission

A PAF's C-130 was involved in the crash in 1988.

The Shafi–ur–Rehman Commission were a judicial inquiry papers investigated and authored by Senior Justice Shafi ur Rahman on the events leading to the fatal crash that resulted in the death of President General Zia-ul-Haq on August 1988.^[1]

The commission was formed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1998, after various parties and individuals leveled up accusations against each other in their involvement in the event.^[2] The findings of the commissions remained to be secretive, and the commission's inquiries were obstructed by the military authorities on multiple occasions. The commission submitted its report of non-performance to Prime Minister's Secretariat, also in 1992.^[3]

Sources

1. "Pakistan Political Perspective". Institute of Policy Studies. Islamabad, Pakistan. 9 (1-6). 1999. tLeNAAAAMAAJ.
2. Ahmad, Khalid (16–22 March 2012). "Soldier of misfortune". Friday Times. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
3. Abbas, Hassan (2004). Pakistan's drift into extremism : Allah, the army, and America's war on terror. Armonk, NY [u.a.]: Sharpe. ISBN 0765614960.

Bibliolgraphy

• Hanif, Mohammed (2008). A case of exploding mangoes (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0307269426.
• Haque, Mohd. Ashfraful (2013). Suppression of the Muslims: US Policy and the Muslim World. Bloomington, I.N. US: Archway Publishing Co. ISBN 1480800236.
• Haqqani, Husain (2005). Pakistan between mosque and military. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 0870032852.