Broadsheet Controversy

The broadsheet scandal has taken a serious turn. Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a three-member cabinet committee on the broadsheet issue. The committee will present its recommendations to the cabinet within 48 hours. The Information Minister agreed with the proposal to consider the issue of Broadsheet in the Senate Committee on the whole and said that the issue of Broadsheet should be discussed in the House so that the whole nation could know the truth. The Prime Minister said that the Broadsheet issue should be made public in detail. The facts in the Broadsheet case should be brought to light. The Broadsheet Company was investigating the assets of 20 years ago. The last ten years are yet to be accounted for. Those who plunder the country’s wealth and take it out cannot escape accountability. Meanwhile, Accountability and Home Affairs Adviser Shehzad Akbar said that the NRO is costing the nation 29 million dollar. Broadsheets have been given 1.5 million for avonfield. 19 million was paid to Broadsheet in respect of Nawaz Sharif’s other assets, while Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry said in a statement that the facts of the Broadsheet case were new and never heard of. The 76 properties of Nawaz Sharif’s family are valued at 800 million and this is what the London court is saying now. Fawad Chaudhry said that then they say leave the properties of Nawaz Sharif and move on. How can the brothers move forward if they leave them. Meanwhile, on the objection raised by Senator Javed Abbasi in the Upper House on Monday, the Federal Minister for Information said that he agreed with the suggestion of Senator Javed Abbasi that a Senate Committee of the whole be formed and the matter be discussed in the House, so that the whole nation may know the truth. Speaking at a press conference here yesterday, Shehzad Akbar said that the cost of NRO is being borne by the nation at 29 million. Our lawyers contacted Broadsheet’s lawyers to publish important documents related to Broadsheet. He did not object. The agreement between NAB and Broadsheet was signed in June 2000. Yousuf Raza Gilani was the Prime Minister at that time. In 2009, Broadsheet again went to arbitration against the government of Pakistan for payment of this amount. Final arguments on the issue began in January 2016, when Nawaz Sharif was prime minister. On August 5, 2016, it ruled in favor of Broadsheet and against Pakistan. Two years later, in July 2018, it was decided to determine the payment to Broadsheet. At that time there was a caretaker government. He said that the PTI government came in August 2018. In July 2019, we appealed against the decision in the London High Court, which ruled in favor of Broadsheet.