Saif levels charges
ISLAMABAD (APP): Chairman Ehtesab bureau, Senator Saifur Rehman Khan, on Friday while giving his impressions about the allegations levelled by Mir Shakil ur Rahman, charged that it was an element in the deep rooted conspiracy in which Mir Shakil ur Rahman was involved.
According to a press release of Ehtesab Bureau, he said that special teams had been sent by Mir Shakil ur Rahman to Doha, Abu Dhabi and other places to sponsor damaging stories about him personally.
Further more, Mir Shakil ur Rahman had been negotiating along with Ketin Somia, an Indian businessman for buying Star TV, Saif alleged.
He pointed out that Benazir Bhutto in her last government arranged through Wajid Shamsul Hassan to obtain the transfer of National Press Trust properties to Mir Shakil ur Rehman at very favourable prices, at the expense of the state. For example an immensely valuable ‘Pakistan Times’ property opposite Anguri Bagh was sold away at throwaway prices. Other properties of Pakistan Times and National Press Trust were sold out to Mir Shakil ur Rehman in a manner which was highly criminal in nature and is now being examined in detail by the Ehtesab Bureau. Saif claimed that Mir Shakil had established an ink factory at Lahore, based on the transfer of ink and other material imported at concessional rats for newsprint which were then marketed in the local market. The Ehtesab Bureau has learnt that Mir Shakil and his associates began providing material to foreign embassies for Publication abroad. This effort was led by Ms Maleeha Lodhi, Saif alleged
Source: The News
Date:1/30/1999
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