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ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Asghar Khan petition was admissible for regular hearing and ordered the government to take legal action against former army chief Mirza Aslam Beg and the ISIs former director general Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani.
A three-judge bench comprising the chief justice, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain issued the short order after hearing a petition filed in 1996 by Khan requesting the court to look into allegations that the ISI had financed many politicians in the 1990 elections by dishing out Rs140 million to create the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) and stop Benazir Bhuttos PPP from coming to power. The petition was based on an affidavit of the ISIs former director general Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani.
The Supreme Court in its short order ruled that there was ample evidence to suggest that the 1990 elections were rigged and that a political cell maintained by the then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan supported the formation of the IJI to stop the PPPs government from coming into power.
The apex court moreover ruled that political cells of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and President House should be abolished and ordered the government to take legal action against the former retired generals who were involved in the corruption as well as against Younus Habib, former president of the now defunct Mehran Bank.
The court further ordered that money that was illegally disbursed among the politicians by the then president and the ISI should be recovered and deposited in the Habib Bank along with the accumulated interest on it. Adding to that, the short order said that legal action should also be taken against the politicians who received the money.
The ruling further said that Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) should investigate into the matter.
Moreover, the Supreme Court, in its interpretation of the Constitution, said that political activism was not the domain of the military and the intelligence agencies. Their job is to cooperate with the government, the judgment said.
1990 elections were rigged, rules SC | DAWN.COM
A three-judge bench comprising the chief justice, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain issued the short order after hearing a petition filed in 1996 by Khan requesting the court to look into allegations that the ISI had financed many politicians in the 1990 elections by dishing out Rs140 million to create the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) and stop Benazir Bhuttos PPP from coming to power. The petition was based on an affidavit of the ISIs former director general Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani.
The Supreme Court in its short order ruled that there was ample evidence to suggest that the 1990 elections were rigged and that a political cell maintained by the then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan supported the formation of the IJI to stop the PPPs government from coming into power.
The apex court moreover ruled that political cells of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and President House should be abolished and ordered the government to take legal action against the former retired generals who were involved in the corruption as well as against Younus Habib, former president of the now defunct Mehran Bank.
The court further ordered that money that was illegally disbursed among the politicians by the then president and the ISI should be recovered and deposited in the Habib Bank along with the accumulated interest on it. Adding to that, the short order said that legal action should also be taken against the politicians who received the money.
The ruling further said that Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) should investigate into the matter.
Moreover, the Supreme Court, in its interpretation of the Constitution, said that political activism was not the domain of the military and the intelligence agencies. Their job is to cooperate with the government, the judgment said.
1990 elections were rigged, rules SC | DAWN.COM