Broadsheet s Moussavi says will sue Justice Saeed for defamation, Ali Zaidi broke promise
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Retired justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed (L) and Broadsheet CEO Kaveh Moussavi are seen in this combination file photo.
Kaveh Moussavi says will file a defamation law suit against Broadsheet commission head retired Supreme Court justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed.
Says he will begin court proceedings if apology not received within seven days from the commission head.
Broadsheet CEO adds that Federal Minister Ali Zaidi had assured him he will be called to testify in probe but the promise was broken .
LONDON: Broadsheet LLC’s CEO Kaveh Moussavi has revealed that Federal Minister Ali Zaidi was in touch with him and assured him he will be called before the Broadsheet Commission, headed by retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, to testify but the promise was broken .
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 .
• Commission’s report on Broadsheet released
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Thursday decided to initiate a criminal inquiry against major players of the Broadsheet an international assets recovery firm saga and reopen the Swiss bank accounts case against PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari.
The cabinet took these decisions in the light of a 61-page inquiry report of the commission comprising retired Justice Azmat Sheikh relating to Broadsheet LLC and other matters.
“We have decided to initiate an inquiry against main players of Broadsheet scandal Pakistan’s former high commissioner in UK Abdul Basit, joint secretary of law ministry Ghulam Rasool, senior lawyer Ahmer Bilal Sufi, director audit and accounts in Pakistan’s High Commission in UK Shahid Ali Baig, Hassan Saqib Shaikh, a civil servant, and Tariq Fawad Malik as these persons have been declared main accused in the inquiry report,” federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said at a press conf
Five men named in Broadsheet probe to face criminal proceedings
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April 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Criminal proceedings would be carried out against five individuals, including Ahmer Bilal Soofi, named in the Broadsheet inquiry commission report, Fawad Chaudhry, the Minister for Science and Technology, told the media on Thursday, as he said action would also be taken against Tariq Fawad Malik who had “facilitated the whole contract with Broadsheet”.
During a post-cabinet meeting media briefing here, Chaudhry said Justice (retd) Azmat Saeed Shaikh-led Broadsheet inquiry commission had unearthed “original data” of the Swiss accounts case, and therefore, he indicated Swiss accounts case against former president Asif Ali Zardari could be reopened.
By our correspondentISLAMABAD: The commission constituted to investigate the Broadsheet scandal Thursday released its findings, with a key takeaway being that all institutions except for NAB were.