Pakistani security officials examine the wreckage of the minibus which was transporting the 11 engineers PARIS : Anti-terror judges leading an inquiry into the 2002 killing of 11 French engineers in Pakistan have asked France's defence minister to open up classified government files, a source said Saturday. Judges Marc Trevidic et Yves Jannier want "all documents" pertaining to the Karachi attack -- linked to a contract with French state firm DCN and murky commissions -- be made available, French weekly Le Point added on its website. The inquiry has focused on allegations of a link to a corrupt 1994 submarine deal with Islamabad, amid suspicions the attack could have been ordered as punishment after Paris stopped paying commissions to Pakistani intermediaries. The 11 engineers, along with three Pakistani victims, were employed on the submarine deal when a car packed with explosives rammed in...
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