由此 - 17 - A B ARY’s sole control through secret bank accounts. Thus, Section III picks up on the allegations of terrorist-financing and money-laundering made in C A B C Section I and II. D D E 59. In actuality, ARY denies (and there is simply no evidence E showing) that ARY (or any company within the ARY Group) managed F G AQK’s finances. functions in Dubai. But ARY is adamant that he never had any relationship with AQK. H ARY admits to having met AQK at a few public examination. H I 60. K G None of this was challenged by Mr. Remedios in cross- I J F The only material available to ATOL supporting the allegation in the Article appears to have been an internet article dated February 2004 from a site called “Newsline” (www.newsline.com.pk). That is a record J K compiled by Newsline’s Political Correspondent (Mr. Zahid Hussain) of an L interview with General Aslam Beg of Pakistan. M M 61. N O P Q R S T L The General is reported as having said the following:N “[AQK] came here [Pakistan] with his knowledge and gave us nuclear capability. We all protected him, right from Mr. Bhutto [Ms. Bhutto’s father] to General Pervez Musharraf. We protected him (shielded) him in his efforts to acquire instruments and materials to enrich uranium, which is the first phase in the development of a nuclear programme. He was given a fund, which was not (subject to auditing). Naturally, he started working with friends. He contacted some multinationals like ARY Gold, because they have a vast network. That is how they developed contracts with people and agencies all over the world, picking up things from various places and making payments. Had [AQK] not been given a free hand, he could not have achieved his objective. Those people engaged by him were all scientists. Naturally, they came in contact with the outside world. You can call them by any word – Pervez Musharraf calls them ‘the underworld’. However, it was all authorised and approved by the legal government of Pakistan. Some of our people were caught in O P Q R S T U U V V