Former DG ISI Asad Durrani declares Habib’s statements as false

Former DG ISI Asad Durrani declares Habib’s statements as false

Asad Durrain, who is a former director general of Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-State Intelligence (ISI) has recently given statements in which he has said that the ex-chief of military intelligence was involved with the funding of a lot of politicians at
the time of the 1990 elections that took place in Pakistan. The affirmation was made by Durrani in front of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Durrani gave his statements after the comments of the former banker Younus Habib, who was the head of the Habib Bank at one time. The comments were made by Younus Habib on Thursday in front of the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well. According to Habib, the
ISI as well as the ex army Chief Aslam Beg were both involved with funding a number of politicians in the 1990 election polls during the time that the President of Pakistan was Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

The ongoing case in which the ISI has been held responsible for compromising the 1990 elections of the country by providing funds to the politicians, is being headed by a three judge bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The three judge bench is being
headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

The specifics of the case that is currently under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court of Pakistan state that the ISI had provided funds to many of the politicians during the 1990 elections so that the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) would come into being and
gain power eventually. The reason for the creation of the IJI is stated to provide obstacles in the path of the party that is currently ruling the government of Pakistan, the Pakistan People’s Party headed by President Asif Ali Zardari. According to the details
of the case, the IJI was formed so that the Pakistan People’s Party could not have a victory in the 1990 elections that took place in Pakistan.

According to Beg, the recent claims made by Habib about ISI funding are an attempt to defame both himself as well as the dead former president of the country, Ghulam Ishaq Khan.  

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Posted by Rabiya Maqbool on Mar 9 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry