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India-Pakistan
No probe against Nawaz in ISI funds case
2012-12-07
[Dawn] A federal minister revealed on Wednesday that the government had no plan to hold an inquiry into the allegations that PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
had received money from intelligence agencies in 1990 as ordered by the Supreme Court in the Asghar Khan case.

"The Asghar Khan case is buried," declared Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, the chief negotiator of the government with the opposition, while talking to news hounds after attending a parliamentary committee meeting.

He also expressed apprehensions over the court's recent decisions about delimitation of constituencies in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
and the Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
government. "We do not want the FIA director general to drag Mr Sharif," Mr Shah said, adding that the PPP wanted the matter to be decided by the people.

Mr Shah's remarks came a day after Mr Sharif said the credit for completion of the elected government's five-year term went to his party. "We are thankful to Mr Sharif for supporting democracy despite efforts to pitch us against each other," Mr Shah said while commenting on the PML-N chief's remarks.

The apex court had, in its Oct 19 order in the Asghar Khan case, held the then military establishment and the presidency responsible for manipulating the 1990 elections through distribution of money among politicians.

Initially, the PML-N rejected an investigation by the FIA, but following criticism from different quarters, Mr Sharif -- who had become prime minister as a result of the 1990 elections -- announced that he was ready to face a probe through the agency.
Posted by:Fred

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