So today the Government of Pakistan has released the British High Court judgement in the case of Broadsheet LLC versus NAB, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
From the skim reading I did these are the big take aways I get -
Broadsheet case against the Pakistan government was that the contract could not be cancelled unilaterally by government of Pakistan. Further thart by doing so Broadsheet suffered fininacial loss from monies it would have got off the "targets" or those individuals who were corrupt.
In deciding the case Sir Peter Evans looked at -
to the second question [there are more but the amounts are smaller] the judgement was -
In summary the judgement states "Broadsheet had the desire and capability neccessary to assets for Pakistan" but "NAB had starved Broadsheet of information and funds needed to succeed". Thus it awarded Broadsheet £27,000,000 in damages and compensation for "lost opportunity" caused by government of Pakistan reneging on the original contract of 2000.
More important than the award is the "outing" of the fact that Sir Peter Evans had by his judgement found Nawaz Sharif guilty of misappropriating the Pakistani state of $164,000,000 as the award made in favour of Broadsheet is premised on repatriation of the said money to Pakistan with appropriate commission [their cut] being recieved by Broadsheet.
Frankly for me if the Pakistani public still continue supporting Nawaz Sharif or the Bhutto's after Panamagate and now Broadsheetgate scandals I suggest India uses those Brahmos missiles tipped with nukes to do a population cull in Pakistan by firing at Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi etc.
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From the skim reading I did these are the big take aways I get -
- that in early 2000 General Musharaf's regime contracted Broadsheet to chase and repatriate the monies that had been misappropriated by various officials, politicians, military officers etc from the Pakistani state.
- that in late 2000 the government of Pakistan began to back track from the very mission it had given Broadsheet.
- that in 2003 government of Pakistan formally notified Broadsheet that the contract was cancelled.
Broadsheet case against the Pakistan government was that the contract could not be cancelled unilaterally by government of Pakistan. Further thart by doing so Broadsheet suffered fininacial loss from monies it would have got off the "targets" or those individuals who were corrupt.
In deciding the case Sir Peter Evans looked at -
- did Broadsheet have the capability, the will and ability to have returned hidden monies from the targets if the government of Pakistan had continued to abide by the contract?
- what amount of monies could Broadsheet have, within reason got repatriated from the targets?
- who were the targets?
to the second question [there are more but the amounts are smaller] the judgement was -
- $164,000,000 from Nawaz Sharif and family which includes Ishaq Dar
- $100,000,000 from Saif ur Rehman and Mujibar Rehman
In summary the judgement states "Broadsheet had the desire and capability neccessary to assets for Pakistan" but "NAB had starved Broadsheet of information and funds needed to succeed". Thus it awarded Broadsheet £27,000,000 in damages and compensation for "lost opportunity" caused by government of Pakistan reneging on the original contract of 2000.
More important than the award is the "outing" of the fact that Sir Peter Evans had by his judgement found Nawaz Sharif guilty of misappropriating the Pakistani state of $164,000,000 as the award made in favour of Broadsheet is premised on repatriation of the said money to Pakistan with appropriate commission [their cut] being recieved by Broadsheet.
Frankly for me if the Pakistani public still continue supporting Nawaz Sharif or the Bhutto's after Panamagate and now Broadsheetgate scandals I suggest India uses those Brahmos missiles tipped with nukes to do a population cull in Pakistan by firing at Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi etc.
UK High Court Decision in NAB Vs Broadsheet LLC (Quantum Award) | PDF | Damages | Public Law
The government has made the documents in the case involving the National Accountability Bureau and Broadsheet LLC public.
@Saiyan0321 thoughts?