The cabinet formed the committee on recommendations of an inter-ministerial committee that had been earlier constituted by the prime minister to look into the Broadsheet saga.
Senate Committee of the Whole to discuss Broadsheet issue
National
January 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The government in the Senate Monday welcomed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s demand that the Broadsheet issue should be referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The government also offered dialogue to the opposition on electoral reforms, National Accountability Bureau-related reforms, judicial reforms or any other suggested by the other side.
Advisor to the PM on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan offered dialogue while winding up debate on the ‘rigged GB elections and the loans’.
He clarified that some TV channels were speculating that a certain political party was to be banned in relation to foreign funding. Leader of Opposition Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq charged that the GB election was even worse than 2018 general election.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar all the proceedings of the arbitration over Broadsheet’s claim had been held during the last two governments of PPP and PML-N. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The controversy over UK-based asset recovery firm Broadsheet LLC echoed in the Senate on Monday, with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar chiding the PPP for making $1.5 million payment to a wrong company and the PML-N for keeping the August 2016 decision of the award in the Broadsheet case a secret.
Speaking in the Senate, Mr Akbar said the reason for the secrecy was obvious as Broadsheet had been paid $20.5m for the information the company had gathered about the Sharif family’s ill-gotten assets, including the Avenfield property.
Controversy over Broadsheet scandal echoes in Senate Dawn 19/01/2021 none@none.com (Iftikhar A. Khan)
ISLAMABAD: The controversy over UK-based asset recovery firm Broadsheet LLC echoed in the Senate on Monday, with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar chiding the PPP for making $1.5 million payment to a wrong company and the PML-N for keeping the August 2016 decision of the award in the Broadsheet case a secret.
Speaking in the Senate, Mr Akbar said the reason for the secrecy was obvious as Broadsheet had been paid $20.5m for the information the company had gathered about the Sharif family’s ill-gotten assets, including the Avenfield property.