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SC resumes hearing of Asghar Khan case

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The Supreme Court will resume the hearing of petition filed by Asghar Ali Khan.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has resumed the hearing of case regarding accusations of taking money from ISI for general polls 1990.The apex court directed for making public the statements of former DG ISI Assad Durrani and former Interior Minister Nasirullah Babar.Attorney General Maulvi Anwarful Haq said the interior minister is out of the country and prayed the court to give him more time to present report of Mehran Bank Commission.Air Marshal (retired) Asghar Khan‚ former Chief of Army Staff Aslam Baig‚ former DG ISI Assad Durrani‚ and Ex Chief Executive Mehran Bank Younus Habib are present in the court.The petition filed by Asghar Khan has been lingered on for 16 years in the Supreme Court.According to petition, politicians of IJI have had money from the ISI for general polls 1990; so legal action should be taken against the politicians who intentionally violated the constitution.Nawaz Sharif, Baigum Abida Hussain, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Pir Pagara and others are among the prominent figures who have been made defendants in the petition.
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