Pakistan’s top court yesterday recommended legal proceedings against a former army chief and head of intelligence for allegedly bankrolling politicians to keep the current ruling party from winning the 1990 election.
It was a landmark ruling 16 years after retired Air Marshal Asghar Khan filed a case accusing the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency of doling out money to a group of politicians contesting against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Ex-President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, retired army chief Aslam Baig and retired ISI chief Asad Durrani “acted in violation of the constitution by facilitating a group of... politicians,” Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said.
“Their acts have brought a bad name to Pakistan and its armed forces as well as secret agencies in the eyes of the nation,” Chaudhry said, ordering the federal to “take necessary steps... against them.”
The judge also said that legal proceedings should be initiated against the politicians, who allegedly received donations to spend on the 1990 general election campaign.
Former Pak Army, ISI chiefs face legal action
