Broadsheet scandal: Opposition expresses reservations on probe under retired Justice Azmat Saeed
Pakistan
Former Supreme Court Justice Azmat Saeed. File photo
LAHORE: The country’s two main Opposition parties have expressed reservations on the investigation panel which is to be headed by former Supreme Court Justice Azmat Saeed to investigate the Broadsheet scandal.
In a statement on Friday, senior PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal pointed out that the former Supreme Court judge was part of the bench in the Panama Papers case which disqualified Nawaz Sharif.
He was later invited to join the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital s Board of Governors after his retirement by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Sheikh Rasheed warns Opposition of Broadsheet scandal s consequences
Pakistan
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
The Broadsheet LLC scandal and the government s probe over the latest revelations in the case will put the Opposition in a tough spot , Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed said Friday, as he dismissed their objections to the government s choice of committee head.
He was addressing a press conference in Karachi after PML-N rejected a probe panel established by the government, which is to be headed by former Supreme Court Justice Azmat Saeed.
The interior minister asked the Opposition that if they are against the appointment of Saeed, then would they rather have Malik Qayyum in his place.
Broadsheet LLC scandal: Govt appoints retired Justice Azmat Saeed to head inquiry committee
Pakistan
Justice (r) Sheikh Azmat Saeed. The News/via Geo.tv/Files
Retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed will head the inquiry committee on the Broadsheet case , confirms Information Minister Shibli Faraz Justice Saeed was part of the five-member larger Supreme Court bench that disqualified Nawaz Sharif
PM Imran Khan has set up a ministerial committee to probe the Broadsheet LLC scandal, Faraz had revealed earlier
ISLAMABAD: The PTI-led federal government has appointed a former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, as the head of the inquiry committee tasked to probe the Broadsheet LLC scandal.
Retired Justice Azmat Saeed to head govt s probe into Broadsheet LLC scandal
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Justice (r) Sheikh Azmat Saeed. Geo.tv/Files
Retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed will head the inquiry committee on the Broadsheet case , Info Minister Shibli Faraz says
PM Imran Khan has set up a ministerial committee to probe the Broadsheet LLC scandal, Faraz had revealed earlier
Sources said PM Imran Khan directed the committee to make public the facts in the scandal involving the asset recovery firm and NAB
ISLAMABAD: A former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, has been appointed as the head of the PTI-led government s inquiry committee that will probe the
President Alvi endorses need for national dialogue on electoral reforms
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PDM s demand of resignation from the government is unjustified, says President Alvi
He said the Opposition is refusing to hold talks with the PTI government.
The government has offered a dialogue with responsible individuals , he said.
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi backed on Monday calls for a national dialogue on electoral reforms, but made it clear that Prime Minister Imran Khan will decide when to hold a dialogue and with whom.
He expressed these views in a meeting with senior journalists about persons with disabilities at the President House on Monday.