A screengrab showing Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan.
ISLAMABAD: Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan recorded his statement before a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probe team in relation to the alleged distribution of money by the army to politicians in a move to influence election results, Express News reported on Friday.
On October 19, 2012, the Supreme Court had issued a 141-page verdict, ordering legal proceedings against former Army Chief Gen Baig and former head of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani in a case filed 16 years ago by Asghar.
In the case, Asghar accused politicians of receiving donations from the ISI and Military Intelligence (MI) for their election campaigns during the general election of 1990.
The Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA), comprised of nine parties including the Pakistan Muslim League, National Peoples Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, had won the 1990 elections, with Nawaz Sharif being elected prime minister. The conservative front had been formed to oppose the Pakistan Peoples Party.
Today, the retired air marshal said army discipline was breached when funds were secretly doled out to politicians.
Sources familiar with the matter had earlier told The Express Tribune that the FIA was considering closure of the probe as sufficient evidence could not be found during the course of the inquiry.
The apex court judgment had directed the authority to initiate a transparent investigation and subsequent trial if sufficient evidence was found.
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This investigation seems to aim to absolve the Sharifs. Shameful.
What he lame try, in the name of Journalism, read your own text and consider changing title of this post, looks like you just do that for sensation? Here we already got too many, half backed youthias who will share this article, blame everyone, without reading it.
Corrupt politicians always captuer power in Pakistan.
Its a shame for Pakistan the PM is involved in various cases of corruption and money laundering as is the head of ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
Are you General? Judge? politician ? Bring every one to justice ... That's a common man like me demand ...