Justice (retd) Azmat Saeed Sheikh-led commission of inquiry has completed its probe into the Broadsheet case and it transpired on Monday that the record of $1.5 million paid ‘inadvertently’ in 2008 was missing. According to sources, a 100-page inquiry report has been prepared and the commission has recommended to de-seal Swiss cases record of the former president Asif Ali Zardari. In January, during a debate on the issue, Adviser to the PM on Accountability Shahzad Akbar had told the Senate that the PPP government in 2008 made a payment of $1.5 million to a ‘wrong firm’. The commission formed to probe the payments to the UK-based firm completed the investigation and submitted its report to the Prime Minister’s Office. The report and the relevant record comprise 500 pages, revealing who made the agreement with the firm and under what circumstances. Terming the payment to the ‘wrong firm’ suspicious, the commission termed it an act of deceit with the state. Broadsheet company was wrongly paid Rs1.5 million, the report said, adding that wrong payment is counted as fraud with the state of Pakistan. Payment alone cannot be termed as negligence, the Broadsheet commission report said. It added that files were stolen from the ministries of finance and law and the attorney-general’s office. Moreover, the documentation in the Pakistan High Commission in London pertaining to the case was also found to be missing. The authority found all details of the case through the documents submitted by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Broadsheet probe report recommends to de-seal Swiss cases record
Justice (retd) Azmat Saeed Sheikh-led commission of inquiry has completed its probe into the Broadsheet case and it transpired on Monday that the record of $1.5 million paid ‘inadvertently’ in 2008 was missing. According to sources, a 100-page inquiry report has been prepared and the commission has recommended to de-seal Swiss cases record of the […]
