| BB saved Aziz from money laundering case: Babar NEW YORK: Major General (r) Naseerullah Babar has claimed that when he was interior minister he had issued orders to arrest Shaukat Aziz in a money laundering case, but then prime minister Benazir Bhutto stopped him.
"When Shaukat Aziz was working with Citibank, he was involved in a money laundering case. After investigation I issued directives to arrest him but Benazir stopped it saying that Mr Aziz is an American citizen and his arrest will create problems," Gen Babar said at the launch ceremony of Sohail Warriach's book, 'Ghaddar Kon' (Who is the traitor?) here on Monday.
He said politicians had always been targets of accountability, and it was now time for military generals to be held accountable. "President General Pervez Musharraf will come to know about the people's problems when he leaves the presidency. The president has bought a plot worth five crore rupees (Rs 50 million) in the capital. How has a general got such a huge amount?" he questioned. He said the public would have lynched generals in the street had the Hamood-ur-Rahman Commission report into the Fall of Dhaka been published. "(Zulfikar Ali) Bhutto saved them," he said. Gen Babar said that all political parties were agreed on the 'Charter of Democracy'. sana |
No comments:
Post a Comment