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Summary NA Standing Committee on Defence has learnt terrorists who attacked Mehran base had inside help.
Naval officials gave an in-camera briefing to the committee, details of which have been revealed by sources.Sources said that Naval officials told the committee that there was evidence of inside help in the episode. They said the possibility of involvement of a foreign hand was being investigated.The opposition members of the committee have expressed dissatisfaction over the details of the probe thus far. Standing Committee Chairman Azra Fazal Palejo said responsibility of the attack could be fixed only after reports of the Interior and Defence Ministries had been filed. She said the committee was told that four terrorists attacked the base briefing was satisfactory. Earlier, the committee was briefed about PIA affairs. Committee member Haider Ali Shah said PIA suffered a loss of Rs 60 billion in the tenure of former MD Ijaz Haroon.
