ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said he would challenge the Quetta commission’s inquiry report that was prepared without the ministry’s stance. Addressing a press conference, the minister said he would challenge the commission’s inquiry report at every forum to defend his honour and dignity. “I read the report in newspapers, and I’m surprised how it was released without listening to our point of view. Only one side of the picture is shown,” he told the reporters. Nisar’s remarks came two days after the report of judicial commission probing the August 8 attacks in Quetta. The minister said he would request the Supreme Court to fix the case for hearing as early as possible. “I understand those in the Supreme Court deserve honour. But those who go there to defend themselves are also worthy of respect,” he added. He also dismissed criticism on the National Action Plan (NAP) by lawmakers in the National Assembly and said he would present his and the Interior Ministry’s stance on the report before the Supreme Court and parliament. The minister said he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after the report, but he refused to accept it. “I visited the prime minister… and told him if my expression embarrasses the government then I would resign to set the record straight,” he said, adding that the prime minister told him that the resignation was unacceptable, “following which I am standing today here before you to tell you the other side of the story.” He said that the report had hurt him because national security was very much important for him. “I try to do the right thing and I do not lie. A personal blow to me is one thing, but a blow to the national security is another matter,” Nisar maintained. He said that he never considered doing politics to gain benefits, and did not set up factories or got liquefied natural gas (LNG) quota. It may be mentioned here that at least 70 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in a suicide bombing on August 8, 2016 at the emergency ward of Quetta’s Civil Hospital, where scores of people had gathered to mourn the death of then Balochistan Bar Association president Bilal Anwar Kasi in a gun attack earlier in the day. About meeting the heads of some banned groups, Nisar said that he had held a meeting with a delegation of Difa-e-Pakistan Council, and not members of banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), to discuss the matter of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs). “We met to deliberate whether the CNICs of members of the banned outfits should be revoked,” Nisar said, adding that Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) had invited ASWJ chief Maulana Ludhianvi, therefore all questions regarding the banned outfit should be directed towards the JI and not the Interior Ministry. To another question regarding a meeting of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), he said a meeting of the authority’s executive committee was held in December 2014. Responding to a question about the appointment of a special secretary at the Interior Ministry, Nisar said the appointment was in accordance with rules and regulations.