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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said Pakistan could not improve its trade with India at the cost of the blood of the Kashmiris spilt by India, stressing that any normalisation with New Delhi under the current circumstances would be a major betrayal to the people of the occupied territory.
Interacting with the public in a live Q&A session, the premier said there was no doubt that the benefits would be immense if relations with India improved and trade and connectivity started, citing examples from other parts of the world such as the formation of the European Union which he said had benefitted all member countries.
Prime Minister Imran Khan interacts with the with the nation in a Q&A session on Sunday. DawnNewsTV
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said Pakistan could not improve its trade with India at the cost of the blood of the Kashmiris spilt by India, stressing that any normalisation with New Delhi under the current circumstances would be a major betrayal to the people of the occupied territory.
Interacting with the public in a live Q&A session, the premier said there was no doubt that the benefits would be immense if relations with India improved and trade and connectivity started, citing examples from other parts of the world such as the formation of the European Union which he said had benefitted all member countries.
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
Broadsheet commission holds bureaucracy responsible for concealing evidence
The commission notes the then govt signed agreement without knowledge of foreign law; federal govt makes report public
Former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The federal government on Thursday made public the report of the Broadsheet commission, which holds the bureaucracy responsible for attempts to conceal the evidence.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, while chairing a meeting of the Cabinet, earlier had approved making the report regarding the UK-based asset recovery firm public.
The report states that the bureaucracy made every attempt to conceal the available record and make it disappear.