ISLAMABAD: An Inquiry Commission, on Boradsheet LLC, a UK based asset recovery firm, has completed its investgation and it is likely the report will be sent to Federal Governmant in few days.
The Inquiry Commission headed by Justice (retd) Azmat Saeed Sheikh has completed the probe into the Broadsheet case and the payments made to the firm by Pakistan Government. The Commission prepared an inquiry report of over 100-page and the report is expected to be sent to the federal government sometime this week.
Broadsheet LLC had been hired in 2000 by former military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s government to help recover assets stashed by past Pakistani rulers abroad.
The statements and documents of several people have been attached to the 100-page report separately, Geo News reported.
The commission was set up on January 29 this year to probe the Broadsheet case. It had formally launched its investigation on February 9, 2021, while the Opposition had refused to accept the commission headed by Justice (retd) Saeed.
Sources said the report said a payment of Rs1.5 million to Broadsheet is missing from the records.
Broadsheet company was wrongly paid Rs1.5 million, the report said, adding that wrong payment is counted as fraud with the state of Pakistan.
Payment alone cannot be termed as negligence, the Broadsheet commission report said. It added that files were stolen from the ministries of finance and law and the attorney-general’s office. The Broadsheet commission got all its details from NAB documents, the report said.
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