NEW DELHI: In May 2015, Pakistani investigators interrogating a young jihadist named Saad Aziz stumbled upon a clue that, at the time, seemed peripheral. Aziz, a 27-year-old IBA Karachi graduate, had turned from a hotel industry professional into a terrorist inspired by Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

He was arrested after his involvement in the Safoora Goth bus massacre on 13 May 2015, in which 45 Ismaili passengers were killed, and for the assassination of activist Sabeen Mahmud weeks earlier.

A Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) comprising Military Intelligence (MI-202), the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Pakistan Rangers, the Special Branch, and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) interrogated Aziz between mid-May and early June.

The JIT’s final report, dated 22

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