Karachi Gate Affair: former France President’s friends detained
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 6:47:32 by Taimoor Tariq
Two of Nicolas Sarkozy’s close friends have been detained by the police for questioning over “Karachi Affair”
Police have detained Nicolas Bazire and Thierry Baubert for questioning over the legality of commissions from French arms sales to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Reports claim that it was an illegal funding way back in the 1994-95 presidential campaign.
At that time, Sarkozy was Balladur’s budget minister and presidential campaign spokesman.
Nicolas Bazire on the other hand, was Mr Sarkozy’s witness during his wedding to Carlo Bruni back in 2008. Bazire was also the chief presidential campaign manager in the 1994-5 presidential campaign.
Thierry Gaubert on the other hand, was Sarkozy’s head of communication.
When Jacques Cirac eventually won the elections, he stopped the payment of commissions wit immediate effect.
Judges in a separate investigation are probing whether a bomb attack in Karachi in 2002 that killed 11 French submarine engineers and four others was ordered by Pakistani officials angry at losing out on promised bribes.
To investigators and judges, Helen Gaubert had mentioned her husband’s involvement in a possible illicit funding of the campaign of Edouard Balladur from 1995, talking about
trips to Geneva with her ??husband Ziad Takieddine , and discounts of money to Nicolas Bazire ,
campaign manager of former Prime Minister. MM. Takieddine Bazire and were also indicted by the judges.
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Posted by Taimoor Tariq
on May 15 2012. Filed under Europe, Pakistan.
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