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.


Web Desk November 21, 2012
Asghar Khan case: Aslam Beg files review plea against SC’s veridct

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.”

COMMENTS (7)

Asaf | 12 years ago | Reply

A moral pygmy, with a colossal ego. A fine specimen of officer corps we had been producing for so long, bar very few exceptions. Their motto is: let me exercise absolute power without absolute accountability.

elcay | 12 years ago | Reply

This is another tactic by the Govt. to delay the implementation of the SC order. The Govt. has developed cold feet to charge the named army personnel and want a way out!

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