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.