Asghar Khan case: Aslam Beg files review plea against SC’s veridct

Beg maintains, he did not have any role in distributing money to politicians during 1990 general elections.

ISLAMABAD: Former army chief General (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg filed a review petition on Wednesday against Supreme Court’s verdict in the Asghar Khan case, saying that he did not have any role in distributing money to politicians, Express News reported.

Beg filed the petition through Advocate Ali Zafar, after his previous counsel Akram Shaikh had denied filing it.

In its verdict in the Asghar Khan petition, the apex court concluded that then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan, along with Beg and former ISI chief Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani, distributed funds among various political quarters to influence the 1990 general elections.

As a consequence, the court had noted in its short order that “the President of Pakistan (representing the unity of the Republic) violates the Constitution if he fails to treat all manner of people equally and without favouring any set.”