- Retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed to head “Committee to Investigate Broadsheet Case”, Information Minister Shibli Faraz confirms
- Justice Saeed was part of a five-member large Supreme Court bench disqualifying Nawaz Sharif
- Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a ministerial committee to investigate the Broadsheet LLC scandal, Faraz had revealed earlier.
ISLAMABAD: The PTI-led federal government has appointed retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, as the head of an inquiry committee to probe the Broadsheet LLC scandal.
Confirming the development on Twitter, Senator Shibli Faraz, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, said the retired judge would “chair a committee of inquiry into the Broadsheet case”.
The former Supreme Court judge will also be consulted on the appointment of other members of the Broadsheet Inquiry Committee.
The former Supreme Court judge will also be consulted on the appointment of other members of the Broadsheet Inquiry Committee.
An important fact to note is that Justice Saeed was part of a five-member large Supreme Court bench disqualifying Nawaz Sharif.
The bench headed by the then Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa included Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijaz Al Hassan.
The Prime Minister formed the committee
Faraz had revealed a few days ago that Prime Minister Imran Khan had constituted a ministerial committee to probe the Broadsheet LLC scandal and tasked him to present his findings within 45 days.
Sources had informed Geo News At a time when Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed a three-member ministerial committee to bring to light the facts surrounding the London-based asset recovery firm and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) scandal.
Broadsheet LLC scandal
Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of the Broadsheet scandal after the disclosure of court documents when Pakistan’s anti-graft watchdog entered into a settlement with an unauthorized person and deliberately ignored the financial losses to the company. Was and was paid about 1.5 1.5. Millions to a fake firm
Arbitration Court which heard the case. Broadsheet LLC vs. Islamic Republic of Pakistan and National Accountability Bureau – headed by Sir Anthony Evans. The court’s decision on the Part-Final Award (Matters of Obligations) was handed down in August 2016 under Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Case No. 12912001.
In this case, from the establishment of NAB to its signature and full details – three years later – breach of contract with Broadsheet, breach of contract, illegal payment from Pakistan to wrong institutions; And all of this compelled the court to find out that the Anti-Corruption Agency was deliberately involved in wrongdoing.
NAB and Broadsheet LLC signed the agreement in 1999, which was violated by Pakistan in October 2003.
Court documents revealed that the arbitral tribunal had concluded that the plaintiff – Broadsheet LLC – was charged with conspiracy to inflict unlawful financial harm on the plaintiff, the defendants – damages from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the NAB. Is entitled to be paid by Mr. James and the companies under his control and / or through them, in agreement with the agreement reached on 20 May 2008.
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