‘Those who sold their souls to ISI in the 1990 polls’

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According to an affidavit submitted with the Supreme Court by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) former director general Lt Gen (r) Asad Durrani in 1996, he had distributed Rs 140 million among anti-PPP politicians on the directives of then army chief General (r) Mirza Aslam Beg, who had received orders from the then chief executive to manoeuvre the 1990 election.
The case against distribution of this money was filed with the Supreme Court by Air Marshal (r) Asghar Khan in 1996 following a statement of former interior minister Naseerullah Babar in parliament, in which he alleged that in 1990, Rs 140 million had been dished out with the help of ISI among PPP’s political opponents.
The proceedings on Asghar Khan’s petition were started in 1996 when Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was the chief justice of Pakistan. Then army chief General (r) Aslam Beg, in a reply submitted with the Supreme Court, had stated that: “President Ghulam Ishaq Khan had set up an election cell in the presidency under the supervision of noted bureaucrat Roedad Khan and Ajlal Haider during the 1990 general elections.”
ISI had on the instructions of the election cell gave away Rs 140 million to the opponents of the PPP.
It was a usual thing for the ISI to extend help to their favourite politicians in elections and its approval was granted by the chief executive of the government.
Asad Durrani in his affidavit stated that: “The money was distributed among politicians on the directive of General (r) Aslam Beg (then Chief of Army Staff).”
According to Asad Durrani, the money was distributed as below:
Nawaz Sharif got Rs 3.5 million, Mir Afzal Khan Rs 10 million, Lt Gen Rafaqat got Rs 5.6 million for distribution among journalists, Abida Hussain Rs 1 million, Jamaat-e-Islami Rs 5 million, Altaf Hussain Qureshi Rs 500,000, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Rs 5 million (Sindh), Jam Sadiq Rs 5 million (Sindh), Muhammad Khan Junejo Rs 250,000 (Sindh), Pir Pagara Rs 2 million (Sindh), Maulana Salahuddin Rs 300,000 (Sindh), various small groups in Sindh Rs 5.4 million and Humayun Marri Rs 1.5 million (Balochistan).
The court is likely to ask for proof/evidence against those who received money from the ISI, and the lawful orders by the competent authority shall be a core issue in the court, asking directly, who ordered the amount to be distributed and with what purpose.
The court may order the ISI to trace back the record and put up evidence beyond reasonable doubt that political leaders/political parties nominated in the case had received money.

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20 COMMENTS

  2. More important than castrating the politicians is cracking down on these nefarious activities of the ISI. This kind of stupid scheming has nothing to do with national security!

  3. Why have u nt mentiond javed hashmi. Media should nt be biased. Stay neutral.

    Or is it that this time they have paid u people to support pti

  4. Does it surprise anyone? Tell us something we don't know. All ppp, mqm and pml(n) leadership is corrupt. Unfortunately people will vote them back in.

  5. All who either received or paid this money must be jailed for life and disqualified for life from taking part in politics. The army men who participated in this heinous crime should, in addition, also be deprived of all the plots and other real estate they collected while in service. Just look at the video clip in which Aslam Beg was physically attacking a journalist asking him questions about this matter. Without defending Waheeda Shah, it would have been better to show Aslam Beg clip again and again on media with background voice saying this is how our army chiefs behave.

  7. Why did the media not took the notice of ISI’s relationship with Imran khan. No one had knowledge abt Memo except Gen. Pasha when Imran had braken the news in his Lahore relly.

    ISI chief shared such senstive issue wd Pti cheif what does it mean?

    • for your kind information Lahore rally was on 30 OCT and what Imran said on That day he quoted WSJ story which was published early that month.

    • I thought of reply to your mis leading comment but then decided not to even waste a single minute on your lack of information on this matter.
      But do want to pray for all us that may God give us strength to look above our likings and dislikings and spread the right things

    • this Qureshi Guy is the one with Funny looks(gora sb) he use to be in papers, media but no more now.

  9. & in 2008 BB enjoyed NRO —– lot of money in banks for children & free from all cases. so leave the politicians they always play in the hands of establishments, future politicians like imran khan is doing the same. let nip the evil in the bud. bridle ISI.

  12. I wonder what role Roedad Khan was playing sitting in the presidency as incharge election cell? Now he claims that he knew nothing about money distribution. Was he simply enjoying the perks and privileges? By the way he was information secretary at the time Dacca was falling and interior secretary when ZAB was being hanged. What a poor fellow!

  14. Roedad Khan is one of those born again reformers. His career in the civil service is full of instances where he sold his soul. He begged Musharraf for a position after 12 October,1999. After he failed, he got his son a position as a consultant in Tanveer Naqvi's NRB. The man is in a state of constant agitation on TV talk shows. We have had enough of his outbursts.

  15. We are wasting our time on old Asghar Khan's petition.Let us look in to the cash flow that runs in crore of rupees in buying votes of legislators for the election of Senate elections.Who ysays he can stop corruption,it is a dream that can never see the light of the day

  16. Reading Chaudry sahib's comment, I am convinced that he would love to serve President Zardari, if invited by him. Mr. President give him a chance.

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