Except NAB, all govt institutions did not cooperate with probe: Broadsheet report

ISLAMABAD: The commission formed to probe the Broadsheet scandal has released its findings, claiming that all institutions except for National Accountability Bureau (NAB) did not cooperate with the investigation.

The Broadsheet inquiry commission report has been made public after the approval of the federal cabinet, under the chair of Prime Minister Imran Khan today (Thursday).

Headed by retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, the report revealed that Broadsheet’s records were missing from nearly everywhere, including the Pakistan mission in London. “Justice Saeed did not think it necessary to record Tariq Fawad and Broadsheet CEO Kaveh Moussavi’s statements,” the report added.

“The asset recovery deal made with Broadsheet makes evident the government institutions’ failure to comprehend international laws,” the report said, adding that the bureaucracy made every attempt to “hide records or make them disappear”.

The report also stated that Moussavi levelled allegations against certain individuals but probing this matter did not fall under the terms of reference defined for the commission. “The government may probe the Broadsheet CEO’s allegations if it wishes to,” the report concluded.