ISI MONEY FOR POLITICIANS

EDITORIAL

General ® Aslam Baig, a former Army chief of Pakistan, had claimed that the illicit funds had been distributed by the ISI and on the orders from the former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. He claimed innocence in this scandal that shocked the whole nation. He said he did not apply any pressure on the former DG ISI on distributing illicit money among the politicians of national rank. In any case, the politicians had received the illicit money and in an illegal manner. There is no controversy about it. All the politicians who received the illicit funds were pro-establishment politicians and they always remained in the good books of the establishment. It is also a fact that without the consent and approval from the Army Chief, the DG ISI can’t move an inch and it is unthinkable that it will distribute money against the order, will and consent of the Army Chief. It was a collective decision of the dubious rulers, led by Ghulam Ishaq Khan, General Baig and their behind the scene political advisers to keep PPP away from power considering the former Prime Minister of Pakistan as a security risk. It is shame an elected Prime Minister was considered a security risk by public servants. It had been our stand that the Establishment felt comfortable whenever Muslim League was in power and it felt uncomfortable when there is a non-Muslim League Government at the Centre and such a government had been brought down through conspiracies and covert operations, including ‘the mid-night jackal’ . It means that the dubious rulers, including those from the disciplined forces, tampered with the verdict of the people and used full might of the State not to implement the verdict of the people on political and constitutional issues. The Supreme Court should take up the issue and it should not keep in the back burner as the politicians and the public servants will do it again in future if they are not punished severely. Let will of the people should rule supreme and not will of the intelligence agency, the people in their payroll or military command or men like Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Roedad Khan should rule the country. The illicit money should be recovered from all concerned and they be censured for accepting money in illegal manner and use the money in influencing the election results.