Pakistan

Govt issues appointment notification of Azmat Saeed to probe Broadsheet scandal

The appointment has been made under Section 3 of the Pakistan Commissions of Inquiry Act, 2017.

30 January,2021 12:14 pm

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The federal government has issued a notification concerning constitution of a one-man commission comprising Justice (retd) Sheikh Azmat Saeed, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, to probe the Broadsheet scandal.

The appointment has been made under Section 3 of the Pakistan Commissions of Inquiry Act, 2017, subject to the following Terms of Reference:

a) To examine the process of selection and appointment of Trouvons LLC, Broadsheet LLC, and International Asset Recovery Limited (‘IAR’) and execution of Agreements in the year 2000.

b) To examine the circumstances, reasons and effect of cancellation of Agreements with Broadsheet LLC and IAR in 2003.

c) To identify and determine the reasons and effect of settlement and payments made on behalf of Pakistan to IAR and Broadsheet LLC in 2008, and whether the payments made were justified.

d) To identify the persons or officials responsible for making wrong payment of USD 1.5 million to the wrong person in the year 2008 which was not entitled to receive such payment.

e) To identify as to whether the arbitration proceedings before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and subsequent appeal before the High Court of Justice in London regarding Broadsheet LLC were conducted diligently and efficiently.