Siddiqui said that former ISI Director General Lt Gen Asad Durrani had told the Supreme Court that he had given money to politicians, ostensibly to convince them the join the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI), the report stated.

The former Chief Justice also told Geo TV that none of the politicians had ever denied receiving money from the agency, the report said. Siddiqui apparently told the channel that he had said at that time that the ISI’s role should not be political and that the case was still pending in the Supreme Court during the 1999 coup.

According to the Daily Times report, Siddiqui said that Durrani had presented an affidavit in court, giving details of the money distributed to different politicians. The affidavit revealed names of politicians, retired judges and generals names who were on the pay role of the spy agency.

The list also included former Prime Minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and chief of Muslim League (Functional group) Pir Apgaro.

According to the affidavit, then Army Chief Mirza Aslam Baig had advised the ISI in September 1990 that it should give logistic support to transfer of funds from the business community in Karachi to the IJI during the 1988 election, the report stated.

Durrani said in the affidavit that he opened several bank accounts in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Quetta, the daily reported. A man from Karachi called Younus Habib had deposited Rs140 million in one of the accounts in Karachi. Some of the amount had been transferred to the accounts in Quetta and Rawalpindi and the rest to a special fund, according to the report.

According to the affidavit, submitted before the apex court on July 24, 1994, former caretaker PM Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi received Rs 5 million, former Sindh Chief Minister Jam Sadiq Rs 5 million, former Prime minister Muhammad Khan Junejo Rs 2.5 million, Nawaz Sharif Rs 3.5 million, the Jamaat-e-Islami Rs 5 million, and Lt Gen Rafaqat Rs 5.6 million for managing the media campaign. There were many other names on the affidavit.