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French ex-PM on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks - Newspaper

Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur goes on trial on Tuesday (today) on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid. — Reuters/File
PARIS: Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur goes on trial on Tuesday (today) on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid, a case known as the “Karachi affair”.
Balladur, 91, joins a long list of senior French politicians pursued for alleged financial wrongdoing, including former president Nicolas Sarkozy and his predecessor, Jacques Chirac.
The conservative ex-premier will be tried by the Court of Justice of the Republic in Paris, a tribunal dedicated to hearing cases of ministerial misconduct.

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French former PM Balladur on trial over Karachi corruption scandal

French former PM Balladur on trial over Karachi corruption scandal
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19/01/2021 - 11:21
French former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur arrives for his trial over alleged presidential campaign graft at the Court of Justice of the Republic in Paris on Tuesday 19 January, 2021. © AFP/Alain Jocard
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French former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur is scheduled to face the judges this week, to answer charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals to fund his 1995 presidential bid. The trial is expected to last until mid-February.
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Balladur, who is 91-years-old, joins a long list of senior French politicians pursued for alleged financial wrongdoing. Others include former president Nicolas Sarkozy and his predecessor, Jacques Chirac.

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French ex-PM Balladur on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks

Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur goes on trial Tuesday on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid, a case known as the "Karachi affair". But the focus later shifted to the arms deal as investigators considered whether the bombing may have been revenge for Chirac's decision to halt the commission payments for the arms deals shortly after he beat Balladur in the presidential vote.

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SAMAA - French ex-PM Balladur on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks

Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur goes on trial Tuesday on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid, a case known as the

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French ex-PM on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks

The two men were charged in 2017 with "complicity in the misuse of corporate assets" over the sale of submarines to Pakistan and frigates to Saudi Arabia between 1993 and 1995, when Balladur was prime minister in the final years of Francois Mitterrand's presidency

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French ex-PM Balladur on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks scandal

Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur went on trial Tuesday on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid, a case known as the

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Balladur on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks

Balladur on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks
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Claim that Arms Deal Kickback Funded Prez Campaign Goes to Court

Former French PM Balladur goes on trial Tuesday on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid.

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