‘ISI gave money to Pak politicians’

Islamabad, Aug. 27: The ISI has admitted in the court that it had distributed huge sums of money to political parties and leaders.
The Pakistan’s former chief justice, Mr Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, told a private television channel that millions of rupees were distributed during the former President, Mr Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s regime and ostensibly to convince political leaders to
join the then Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).
The IJI, headed by Mr Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, was formed in September 1988 to oppose the Pakistan People’s Party in elections. The alliance comprised nine parties, of which the major components were the Pakistan Muslim League, National Peoples Party, Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.
Mr Siddiqui told the channel that he had said at that time that the ISI’s role should not be political.
He said Lt. Gen. (Retd) Durrani had filed a written affidavit on July 24, 1994, claiming he had government’s complete clearance on the money distribution and had opened a number of bank accounts in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Quetta and a sum of Rs 140 million transferred to him as special fund.
According to the affidavit, acquired by the TV channel, the former Prime Ministers Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi received Rs 5 million, Nawaz Sharif received Rs 3.5 million, Zafarullah Jamali Rs 4 million, Muhammed Khan Junejo Rs 2.5 million and the former Sindh chief minister Jam Sadiq Rs 5 million.
In addition, Pir Pagaro received Rs 2 million, the Jamaat-e-Islami Rs 5 million, Mir Afzal Khan Rs 10 million, Abida Hussain Rs 1 million, Lt. Gen. Rafaqat Rs 5.6 million for managing the media campaign, Humayun Marri Rs 1.5 million, Kakar Rs 1 million, Jam Yousaf Rs 0.7 million, Hasil Bizenjo Rs 0.5 million and Nadir Mengal Rs 1 million and Altaf Hussain Qureshi Rs 0.5 million.
Source:: deccan chronicle