APS commission records statements of two army officers.

PESHAWAR: The judicial commission inquiring into the 2014 Army Public School carnage completed recording statements of two military officers during last couple of days and will record that of a third officer today (Friday).

The commission has examined the then commander 102 Brigade, 11 Corps Brigadier Inayatullah and the then chairman of Board of Governors of Army Public Educational Institutions, Brigadier Muddasir Azam.

The commission, comprising Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan of Peshawar High Court, also recorded statement of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of Anti-Terrorism Squad, Shah Nawaz.

It took the commission around six days to record detailed statements of the two officers.

According to the focal person of the commission, Imranullah Khan, the statement of Maj Dr Asim Shehzad, who was delivering first aid lecture to the students of APS on that fateful day, would be also recorded.

The commission had earlier asked the ministry of defence that the schedule of attendance of five army officers should be conveyed to it within three days as its proceedings were time restricted.

Apart from the then Peshawar corps commander Lt Gen Hidayatur Rehman, the other four officers summoned by the commission include Brig Muddasir Azam; Brig Inayatullah; Maj Dr Asim Shehzad of Army Medical Corps; and secretary of the BOG Maj Imran.

The commission has already recorded statements of some high-ranking police officials including present Provincial Police Officer Salahuddin Mehsud, the then PPO Nasir Durrani, the...