ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) while attaching return of Zafar
Qureshi to investigation into NICL corruption case as condition to
grant of pardon to DG FIA has adjourned hearing of contempt case till
May, 25.
A 3-member SC bench presided over by the Chief Justice
of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took up the contempt of
court case against DG FIA, Malik Muhammad Iqbal for hearing Wednesday.
“You have defied court’s orders. We will award punishment to you”, CJP remarked while addressing DG FIA.
Regarding
dilatory tactics about return of Zafar Qureshi to investigation Justice
Sair Ali said “ Zafar Qureshi was transferred within minutes and days
upon days are passing and all the work has come to halt but he is not
being sent back to investigation”.
Makhdoom Ali Khan counsel
for DG FIA appeared in the court and informed that his client had left
him on the mercy of court. DG FIA was not responsible for transferring
the officers and on the other hand their posting orders had come from
establishment division. Letter has been written to Prime Minister by
establishment division for again assigning investigation of NICL scam
to Zafar Qureshi. But reply has not been received so far and letter
will be again written. Therefore some more time be allowed in this
connection”, he contended.
It may be recalled that SC had
expressed grave concern over withdrawal of investigation officers
including Zafar Qureshi, Javed Bokhari and Hussain Asghar from the
investigation into Hajj corruption and NICL corruption cases and issued
contempt of court notices to DG FIA. Online
