Some Pakistani officials including the Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor expressed concerns for a possible involvement of foreign hands behind the murder.[6][10] A joint investigation team was formed by the government to probe the murder. However, Tahir's family, as well as the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, rejected that investigation team, and demanded that the murder should be rather investigated through an international commission, since the case involved two countries.[11][12] The family also accused the Pakistani government of making no serious efforts to recover Tahir while he was missing for more than two weeks.[13]