ISLAMABAD: Caretaker prime minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar and seven former prime ministers had reaped the benefits of the NAB amendments the top court declared null and void on Friday.
The list of the beneficiaries from the now-annulled NAB amendments extends beyond PM Kakar and includes the Sharif brothers, Yousaf Raza Gilani, Shahid Khaqaan Abbasi, Shaukat Aziz, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Shujaat Hussain.
Among the other notable beneficiaries of these amendments were former President Asif Zardari; his close associates Anwar Majeed and his son Abdul Ghani Majeed; Hamza Shahbaz; Shaukat Tarin, Senator Abdul Qadir; Senator Rubina Khalid; Senator Yusuf Baloch; Saleem Mandviwalla; former provincial minister Rehmat Ali; Asfand Yar Khan Kakar; and former Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan.
The list also includes the names of Nawab Aslam Raisani and Lashkari Raisani. Former PM Nawaz Sharif, a co-accused in the Toshakhana reference, also benefited from these amendments. Apart from these political big-wigs, several bureaucrats also benefited from these amendments.
Many government officials had their cases closed after the amendments were implemented during the PDM tenure.
