August 4, 2011; Express Tribune
KARACHI: A 10 member naval panel has started the court martial of three high ranking naval officers over the PNS Mehran base attack following the submission of an investigation report.
According to Express 24/7 correspondent Sabin Agha, the court martial had been ordered a week ago against former PNS Mehran base commander, Commodore Raja Tahir, Commander Ibrar and Lt. Commander Israr in based upon the findings of the investigation report.
13 people – including 11 navy and one Rangers personnel were killed in the most brazen terrorist assault on the naval headquarters on May 22. Four terrorists who had attacked the base and managed to destroy two P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft, were also killed in the ensuing operation.
The investigation team led by Rear Admiral Tehseenullah Khan, had looked into various aspects of the attack at PNS Mehran and had submitted its findings to the Naval high command.
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