Did IJI take money from ISI? Nawaz, Siraj give court answers in 1990 Asghar Khan case
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ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Siraj-ul-Haq submitted on Saturday written replies in Asghar Khan Case in Supreme Court.
Rejecting the allegations that his party received Rs3.5 Million from Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency in 1990, Nawaz said he did not receive any money from the agency to run the election campaign.
He also claimed that he never met Younis Habib or any of his representatives.
Siraj ready to appear before any commission
Siraj-ul-Haq also rejected allegations about his party receiving funds from ISI in 1990 elections. JI chief said he is ready to appear before any investigation commission or forum as party chief. In 2007, JI voluntarily became part of the proceedings, said Siraj.
Earlier this week, a three-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar ordered all respondents in the Asghar Khan case to submit written replies within a week.
The next hearing of the case will be held in Lahore registry on June 12.
What the case is really about
Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan in June 1996 had written a letter to then CJP Sajjad Ali Shah alleging that Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI), a political alliance comprising nine parties including Pakistan Muslim League, National Peoples Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, received money from the ISI before the 1990 elections.
The fund was allegedly provided by Younus Habib, the then chief executive officer of Habib Bank Limited (HBL), which was a government-run bank at that time.
Khan claimed Nawaz had allegedly received Rs3.5 million, Mir Afzal Khan Rs10 million, Lt-Gen Rafaqat Rs5.6 million (for distributing money among journalists), Abida Hussain Rs1 million, the Jamaat-e-Islami Rs5 million, and senior journalist Altaf Hussain Qureshi Rs500,000.APP
