Open Letter to Gen. Aslam Baig

Dear Aslam Baig Sahib,

I heard you over this program called, Jirga today and as usual you were at your best spitting more and more venom today and somehow rejecting your involvement in anything as if you knew nothing.

I will be short and precise about you because I know you and your character. Let me remind you of what you said under oath at Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1997 (Human Rights Petitition 19/96 filed by Air Marshal Asghar Khan).

You said under oath on the holy book in 1997 “ the money was donated by Younas Habib, ISI was acting under the directions of higher authorities. As chief of the army staff at that time, when I was informed of this matter my only concern was that the money received by the ISI was utilized properly and an account was maintained and beyond that I had no concern with the money……”

It’s astonishing because Gen.Durrani who was then Ambassador in Germany when approached by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the former spy-master wrote an affidavit, confirming that he had received instructions from COAS General Beg to provide 'logistic support' for the disbursement of donations made by certain 'businessmen of Karachi' to the IJI election campaign of 1990, and was told that the operation had the blessings of the government. Interestingly Gen.Sahib, let me remind of your meeting with Nawaz Sharif with General Durrani – your ISI Chief during 1991 when you discussed plans to raise money through “DRUG OPERATIONS” something which Kamran Khan a reputable journalists wrote quoting Nawaz Sharif who according to Kamran Khan ‘refused such a plan’ to support him.

General Beg – the world remembers you and since the recent revelations of your own cronies and partner of crime , it’s high time you should come clean too. Iqbal Haider whose now a Human Rights Activist defended General Nasurullah Baber and in a recorded statement (record should be verified by the SC Registrar anytime or even the grovy ol’ Iqbal uncle won’t deny it) said, “ISI was involved in politics. Lt General Hameed Gul, a former ISI chief, was on record as having boasted that it was he who created the IJI, and another ISI chief, Lt General Javed Nasir, had taken credit for creating the MQM Haqiqi…”

Additional to this in affidavit of Gen.Babur to the Supreme Court of Pakistan (HRC 19/96) included Asad Durrani’s (your ISI Chief) confidential letter to the later Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto which read like:

"My dear Prime Minister,"A few points I could not include in my 'confessional statement' handed over to the director, FIA. These could be embarrassing or sensitive. (a) The recipients included Khar 2 million, Hafeez Pirzada 3 million, Sarwar Cheema 0.5 million and Mairaj Khalid 0.2 million. The last . . . . . . . [illegible] someone's soft corner that benefited them. (b) The remaining 80 million were either deposited in the ISI's 'K' fund (60 m) or given to director external intelligence for special operations (perhaps the saving grace of this disgraceful exercise. But it is delicate information.) [Noted in the margin of this paragraph, by the writer in his own hand: "This is false. The amount was pocketed by Beg (Friends)"]

Astonishing recovery and that’s General Sahib “Things gets more interesting”. If the idea is to put Gen Beg on the mat: he was merely providing 'logistic support' to donations made by a community 'under instructions' from the government and with the 'consent' of the military high command. In any case; I understand he is implicated in some other deals in the same case… Asad Durrani claimed – fair enough but “money worth 60 million PKR which were supposed to be made to ISI’s K Fund were went to your pockets?

Friends? Apprently, Naseerullah Babar also filed in court a copy of a bank account sheet headed
"G/L Account. Activity Report. Account 12110101 G. Baig (sic.)" The column heads read "Transaction, Date, Particulars, Debit, Credit." The numbered transactions took place between October 23, 1991, and December 12, 1993. The first transaction listed was "Cash-P.O. Karachi Bar Association A/C Gen. Baig (sic.), debit, 5,05,680" (advocate Mirza Adil Beg, Aslam Beg's nephew, the then president of the KBA, confirms that the KBA received the money). In January 1992 USD 20,000 was sold @ 26.50 and 5,30,000 was credited to the account. Thereafter all debits: "Arshi c/o Gen. Baig (sic.) 2,90,000; Cash paid to Gen. Shab 2,40,000; Cash Friends 1,00,000 [Aslam Beg's organization, FRIENDS, Foundation for Research on National Development and Security]; Cash TT to Yamin to pay Gen. Shab 3,00,000; Cash TT to Yamin Habib 12,00,000 ; Cash Friends 1,00,000 ; Cash Friends 1,00,000 ; Cash paid through YH 10,00,000 ; Cash Friends TT to Salim Khan 2,00,000 ; Cash 1,00,000 ; Cash Towards Friends 5,00,000 ; Cash Asif Shah for Benglow 35,000 ; Cash Friends 1,00,000 ; Cash Friends 1,00,000 ; Cash TT through Yamin for Friends 1,00.000 ; Cash paid to Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim 2,00,000 [he confirms having received the money from General Beg as fees and expenses for defending him in the contempt of court charge brought against him - PLD 1993 SC310] ; Cash paid through TT to Yamin for Friends ; Cash paid to Fakhruddin G Ebrahim 1,28,640 [he confirms receipt for fees/expenses for contempt case] ; Cash Guards at 11-A 10,500 ; Cash TT for USD 240,000 Fav. Riaz Malik to City Bank (sic.) New York 68,76,000 ; Cash Friends 1,00,000; Cash Guards at 11-A 10,500 ; Cash Mjr. Kiyani 10,000; Cash mobile phone for Col. Mashadi 28,911 ; Cash TT fav. Qazi Iqbal and M Guddul 3,00,000 ; Cash Mjr. Kiyani 10,000 ; Cash TT to Peshawar 3,00,000 ; Cash deposited at Karachi A/C EC [Election Commission] 3,00,000 ; Cash Guards 24,000 ; Cash TT to Quetta 7,00,000 ; Cash mobile bill of Col. Mashadi 3,237 ; Cash TT to Peshawar Br. 4,00,000 ; Cash deposited at Karachi Br. 4,00,000 ; Cash Guards 11,520 ; Cash TT to Peshawar for EC 2,00,000 ; Cash TT to Quetta for EC 2,00,000 ; Cash Guards 5,760 ; Cash Mjr. Kiyani 5,000 ; Cash A/C Guards 8,640 ; Cash th. YH 2,00,000 ; Cash A/C Guards 5,760 ; Cash TT to Salim Khan 1,00,000."

It’s alarming and shameful that you even with such solid evidences against you have the guts to actually deny things with so much calmness… by the way, I emailed Farku Uncle and he replied, “yes baba”.

General Aslam Beg you are a traitor to this country and the least you could do is : to publicly come up like Brigadier Imtiaz, Brigadier, Asif Haroon, General Asad Durrani, General Naseer say, “I AM SORRY”.

Regards,
Ali K.Chishti