FIA forms four member committee to probe Asghar Khan case
Additional Director General FIA to head the four member committee.
The committee will be headed by FIA Additional DG Muhammad Ghalib. PHOTO: FILE
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday formed a committee to probe the Asghar Khan case, Express News reported.
Director General FIA formed a four member committee under Additional Director General FIA Muhammad Ghalib to probe the case.
The committee was formed almost a year to the date when former Army chief Mirza Aslam Baig filed a review petition in the case where he claimed that he had no role in distributing money to political parties.
In its verdict in the Asghar Khan petition, the apex court concluded that then Pakistan 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.”
Director General FIA formed a four member committee under Additional Director General FIA Muhammad Ghalib to probe the case.
The committee was formed almost a year to the date when former Army chief Mirza Aslam Baig filed a review petition in the case where he claimed that he had no role in distributing money to political parties.
In its verdict in the Asghar Khan petition, the apex court concluded that then Pakistan 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.”