Pakistan is set to appoint a new commission to ascertain full facts about Osama bin Laden's presence in the country and probe the unilateral US raid that killed the al-Qaeda chief. Pak Law Minister Maula Bakhsh Chandio told a TV Channel that consultations are under way for the new panel. Opposition leader and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif asked the government to form an independent and powerful commission to expose all mysteries surrounding bin Laden's presence in the country and the failure of intelligence agencies to detect the US military helicopters that participated in the raid against the al-Qaeda leader. The unilateral US raid that killed bin Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad on May 2 had sparked widespread protests across the country as the air force's radar system did not detect the movement of the American helicopters that participated in the 40-minute operation. A previous panel appointed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in late May faced controversy even before it could become operational. The head of the commission and a member dropped out on the grounds that the government had not conducted consultations before naming them.