Government trying to dispose off critical corruption evidence

(courtesy The News)
The mystery surrounding the 12 controversial cartons full of critical evidence against Asif Ali Zardari and the late Benazir Bhutto, deepened on Tuesday as the boxes landed in London but disappeared, raising fears that the evidence may be destroyed quickly if not taken over by a responsible government agency.

Pakistan HC sources told The News in London that the boxes, which were removed in a clandestine operation from a Swiss lawyer’s office on Monday, had reached the posh Hampstead residence of Wajid Shamsul Hasan in the London area, although he officially denies any link with the operation.

These sources told The News that the 12 cartons were transported on Flight LX 338 from Zurich (ZRH) to London (LHR) on Tuesday. The sources confirmed that the Pakistan HC staff received the cartons after the flight arrived at Heathrow at 7:15 pm but they never arrived at the HC offices.

When Pak HC Wajid Shamsul Hasan was asked whether it was true that these 12 boxes of evidence had reached his home, he replied: “My official response is only this: that this record is in the Government of Pakistan’s custody in London.”

Earlier in another telephonic conversation when HC Wajid was asked why he visited the lawyer’s office in Geneva to receive the confidential evidence, he claimed that he was designated by the NAB for this purpose.