Broadsheet case: Shahzad Akber says deals, NROs cost national exchequer.

ISLAMABAD -- Adviser to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Shahzad Akber said on Monday that deals made by previous governments and national reconciliation ordinances (NROs) issued in the past had badly affected the country and cost the national exchequer.

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, the adviser said that the Broadsheet case was being debated widely across the country.

He said that because of the debate, the government had decided to make public the judgment of a British court regarding Broadsheet and Pakistan involving liability and quantum awards.

He added that the documents were being made public after written approval was obtained from Broadsheet's lawyers.

Akbar said they had approached Broadsheet to make the judgment clear on the instructions of the prime minister to ensure transparency.

'The prime minister has formed a ministerial committee on Broadsheet and directed them to...