More time needed to probe alleged executions: Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army has said it needs more time to complete an inquiry into an allegation that soldiers carried out the cold blooded murder of unarmed civilians in the country's northwest three years ago.
Chief military spokesman, Maj Gen Asim Bajwa, said officials were still finalising a report on the incident.
"According to my information, work on the report is still going on and has not concluded," Bajwa was quoted as saying by The News daily today.
Asked why the board of inquiry had not reached a conclusion even after such a long time, Bajwa said: "Yes, it has been two years but frankly speaking, more deliberations are required."

On October 8, 2010, army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani ordered a high-level inquiry, headed by a two-star general, to determine the veracity of a video showing a group of soldiers allegedly shooting bound and blindfolded detainees somewhere in northwest Pakistan.
The board of inquiry was also asked to identify the uniformed personnel seen in the video, which had gone viral on social media websites.

Despite a commitment from the General Headquarters that the report on the incident would be made public, there has been a stony silence from the army on the fate of the inquiry, The News reported.

The daily reported that the inquiry had been completed but Kayani was reluctant to make it public. However, spokesman Bajwa disagreed. "The report has not been presented to the chief, as the review is still taking place," he said.
The footage is grainy and shows no time stamp. The army's inquiry had to determine whether those shown in uniform were actually soldiers.