ISLAMABAD: Parliament and Judiciary are on the loggerheads over
Islamabad High Court (IHC) stay order blocking action against the
persons allegedly involved in Rs320 million scam in NA employees’
housing society.
According to the National Assembly sources, a
prominent lawyer’s services have been hired to vacate IHC’s stay order.
The sources said a report regarding embezzlement in the NA Housing
Society was presented in the Lower House, which was approved
unanimously. The report implicated four officers in Rs32 million
embezzlement in the funds of the housing society. The four officers
included former Deputy Commissioner Asadullah Faiz, Registrar
Cooperative Society Malik Din and Joint Secretary National Assembly
Shahid Gilani. The NA had directed action against these officers but
they sought stay order from the National Assembly and the action
against them could not be proceeded. An amount of Rs320 million was
also to be recovered against them.
The National Assembly’s
House & Library Committee had held that High Court could not issue
stay order against the Parliament’s decision and according tot the
National Assembly’s rules court cannot interfere in the Assembly’s
proceedings.
In order to validate its stand, the services of a
prominent lawyers have been hired and a summary for the formal approval
in this regard has been sent to the Speaker National Assembly Dr
Fehmida Mirza and after her approval a petition would be filed in the
court in this regard. Online
