Mehran Gate Scandal; Asghar Khan Case
Petitioner: Air Marshal (Retd.) Muhammad Asghar Khan v/s Respondent: General (Retd.) Mirza Aslam Baig, former Chief of Army Staff & others On 11. 06. 1996, Maj. General (R) Nasirullah Khan Babar – the Interior minister at that time – made a speech to the National assembly and presented them with an affidavit dated back to 1994 and which was sworn by the former Director General, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt. General (R) Asad Durrani. The affidavit stated that various sums of money was distributed to a number of “politicians/political parties forming part of IJI (Islami Jamhoori Ittehad)” in order to enable them to win the election of 1990. The speech was made at the time when the PPP (Pakistan’s people party) was in the government. In the affidavit, Asad Durrani clearly stated that in September 1990, he received orders from Gen. Mirza Aslam Baig to retrieve ‘logistical support’ (in form of monetary funds) and distribute them to the election campaign of IJI. He performe...