According to Younus Habib: •Rs140 million was paid through Gen Beg to politicians; •Rs70 million to former chief minister Sindh Jam Sadiq Ali; •Rs15 million to Pir Pagara through Jam Sadiq; •Rs70 million to Younus Memom on the instructions of then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Gen Beg for the politicians who wished not to be paid directly from the ISI;

•Some amount was also dished out to the Army Welfare Trust. According to the affidavit of former DG ISI Asad Durrani:

•Nawaz Sharif received Rs3.5 million; •Mir Afzal Khan Rs10 million; •Lt-Gen Rafaqat Rs5.6m for distribution among journalists; •Abida Hussain Rs1 million; •Jamaat-i-Islami Rs5 million; •Altaf Hussain Qureshi Rs0.5 million; •Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Rs5 million; •Jam Sadiq Rs5 million; •Mohammad Khan Junejo Rs0.25 million; •Pir Pagara Rs2 million; •Maulana Salahuddin Rs0.3 million; •Humayun Marri Rs1.5 million; •Jamali Rs4 million; •Kakar Rs1 million; •K. Baloch Rs0.5 million •Jam Yousuf Rs0.75 million •Bizenjo Rs0.5 million;

•Various small groups in Sindh received Rs5.4 million.

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