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April 18, 2021
The Broadsheet Inquiry Commission has submitted its findings. The government says that it will take action against all involved
“The apologists of corruption are a dime a dozen. I wonder whether this phenomenon reflects some perverted form of ancient tribalism and moral bankruptcy or such persons are simply standing there with their mouths open, tails wagging hoping for some crumbs from the table.” These are the concluding words of Broadsheet Inquiry Commission Report authored by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed (retired) earlier this month.
The findings of the Broadsheet Inquiry Commission have been debated in the media. The report concludes that the concerned departments of the government did not fully cooperate with the commission in its bid to gather incriminating evidence against those responsible for the loss of millions of dollars.
April 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The commission constituted to investigate the Broadsheet scandal Thursday released its findings, with a key takeaway being that all institutions except for NAB were found to have resisted cooperating with the investigation.
Headed by Justice (retired) Sheikh Azmat Saeed, the commission has also stated in its report that Broadsheet s records were missing from nearly everywhere , including the Pakistan mission in London.
Additionally, the report states that the chairman of the commission (Justice Saeed) did not think it necessary to record Tariq Fawad Malik and Broadsheet CEO Kaveh Moussavi s statements.
According to the report, the asset recovery deal made with Broadsheet makes evident the government institutions failure to comprehend international laws. It said the bureaucracy made every attempt to hide records or make them disappear , in moves that were in many instances transcontinental .
National
April 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Broadsheet Commission, headed by Justice (retd) Azmat Saeed Sheikh, has identified around a dozen officials/ persons for making apparently wrong payments of US$1.5 million to the wrong persons/ firms in 2008, which were otherwise not entitled to receive such payment from the Government of Pakistan. In its over 450-page-long report, the commission named these persons who were lynchpin of the settlement agreement.
Role of lawyers Ahmer Bilal Soofi, a NAB representative in Pakistan, to discuss the deal with Broadsheet LLC (Isle of Man) and Ahmed Tariq Rahim, local counsel for the International Assets Recovery (IAR), LLC, has also been discussed in the commission report, exclusively made available with Geo News.
Broadsheet inquiry names five main accused
Minister says cabinet orders criminal investigations against former law minister, retired diplomat, ex-NAB DG, others
Former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The federal cabinet on Thursday ordered to initiate “criminal investigations” against some prominent people on the recommendations of the one-man inquiry commission constituted to investigate the Broadsheet scandal.
The cabinet allowed criminal proceedings against former law minister Ahmer Bilal Soofi, the then legal consultant NAB; Hassan Saqib Sheikh, the then deputy director and desk officer of Broadsheet LLC for NAB; Ghulam Rasool, the then joint secretary of law ministry; Abdul Basit, the then deputy high commissioner at the Pakistan High Commission, UK; Shahid Ali Baig, the then director audit and accounts at the Pakistan High Commission, UK; and, Tariq Fawad Malik, the person who had introduced Broadsheet to NAB/E