A Lahore accountability court will resume hearing of a corruption case against former prime minister Benazir’s Bhutto political secretary Ahmed Sadiq on June 18 who is accused of making illegal assets in his and his dependents name.
A reference was filed against the accused in an accountability court, which was earlier quashed under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) but reopened after the Supreme Court (SC) declared the ordinance as null and void.
The reference said that Sadiq joined government service in 1957 and retired in 1994 but Benazir appointed him as her personnel secretary from 1994 to 1996. During 1957 to 1996, Sadiq earned Rs 10 million but spent Rs 30 million, showing an excess of Rs 20 million.
The accused purchased various properties in his and his dependants name including wife Munawar Ahmed Sadiq and sons Umer Ahmed Sadiq and Haider Ahmed Sadiq.
He purchased properties including plot number 91-U, Phase-II in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Lahore, plot number 113-U Phase-II in Lahore Cantt Cooperative Housing Society (LCCHS), plot number 55, 1-8/3 in the Federal Government Employees Housing Society, plot number 33-B in the Revenue Employees Cooperative Housing Society.
A plot in West Lane Revenue Cooperative Housing Society, Rawalpindi, plot number 223-B Park View Housing Society Lahore, plot number 58 Phase-VII, Defence Officers Housing Society, Karachi worth Rs 10 million.
Sadiq purchased agricultural land in Sindh worth Rs 0.3 million in name of his two sons Umer and Haider. He also invested Rs 9 million in defence saving certificates, special saving certificates and shares of different companies.
The accused spent Rs 0.8 million on his daughter’s wedding, Rs 0.33 million for purchasing a Mitsubishi car, Rs 0.17 million on a foreign trip with his family and Rs 0.14 million as member of the Lahore Gymkhana, Islamabad Club and Karachi Gymkhana.
Sadiq spent Rs 0.32 million on his daughter’s foreign education and deposited Rs 25 million in nine different bank accounts from 1957 to 1996.
