Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced that the government will take action on the Broadsheet commission report. Addressing a press conference following a cabinet meeting here in Islamabad today, Fawad Chaudhry said that the government has decided to take legal action against all those people held responsible in the Broadsheet commission report.
He maintained that the government has decided to initiate criminal proceedings against five people named Ahmer Bilal, Hassan Saqib, Ghulam Rasool, Abdul Basit and Shahid Baig. The federal minister said that legal action will also be taken against Tariq Fawad.
During the presser, Fawad Chaudhry said that Swiss cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari can be reopened after the discovery of record by the Broadsheet inquiry commission. He maintained that said that the legal team was working on a Swiss cases record against Zardari.
“We are thankful to by Broadsheet inquiry commission for finding Swiss cases record against Zardari,” said Chaudhry, adding that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) now has a record of Swiss case and they can reopen cases against Zardari.
The Broadsheet inquiry commission report was made public today after the approval of the federal cabinet that met with PM Imran Khan in the chair.
Earlier today, the Broadsheet inquiry commission report had been made public after the approval of the federal cabinet that met with PM Imran Khan in the chair. The commission had blamed the country’s bureaucracy for delaying payments to the firm hired for finding assets of political leaders abroad that led to a US$9 million fine.
According to some of the findings compiled by Justice retd Azmat Saeed, conveyed to the prime minister, the bureaucracy had tried its best to hide the record and the noncooperation from various ministries and the institutions should have made Mohan Das Gandhi, happy.
Broadsheet commission recommends de-sealing Swiss cases record
The Broadsheet inquiry commission in its report recommended to de-seal Swiss cases record of the former president Asif Ali Zardari. The committee in its report has unearthed the Swiss cases recorded kept in the record room of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The inquiry commission recommended de-seal the record of the cases. The record should be reviewed as to what has to be done with it, the Broadsheet committee recommended.
Moreover, The Broadsheet inquiry commission report has been made public after the approval of the federal cabinet that met with PM Imran Khan in the chair, today. The commission has blamed the country’s bureaucracy for delaying payments to the firm hired for finding assets of political leaders abroad that led to a US$9 million fine.
According to some of the findings compiled by Justice retd Azmat Saeed, conveyed to the prime minister, the bureaucracy tried its best to hide the record and the noncooperation from various ministries and the institutions should have made Mohan Das Gandhi, happy. The record was found missing not only in Islamabad but at the Pakistani Embassy in the United Kingdom, the report said.
Furthermore, the Broadsheet commission said that a part of the record was found through conversation with the NAB and the commission record statements of 26 witnesses. The report further stated that Broadsheet LLC chief Kaveh Mousavi is a convicted man and what he said about some political personalities that may be right or wrong.
