ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday while adjourning the hearing till March 14, directed Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq to overview the investigative reports of Habib Bank and Mehran in order to support the proceedings.
Former director-general Inter-Services Intelligence Asad Durrani had revealed that the money was distributed to politicians on the directives of the then army chief General (retd) Mirza Aslam Baig and the then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
During the hearing of the case filed by Air Martial (Retd) Asghar Khan against the ISI’s alleged role in distributing money amongst politicians in the Supreme Court, Durrani had informed the court that he wasn’t sure if Ishaq Khan was involved in the scandal, but he said that he had “backed” it.
Durrani had also said that the money was collected by the business community of Karachi.
Earlier, Baig while submitting his reply in the Supreme Court had snubbed Mehran bank’s former chief Younis Habib’s allegations.
Baig, in his statement, had said that Habib, the central protagonist of the scandal, was trying to “scandalise” court’s proceedings and was trying to malign his and former president’s name.
Habib’s allegations were rejected in the first paragraph of the four-page affidavit submitted to the court by Baig. The remaining affidavit consisted other details and references from the previous court hearings.