Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed the
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to ensure the arrest of accused
involved in Pakistan railways corruption case within three days.
Chief
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry presided the three members bench
during the proceeding of the case. The court also issued directive for
the reinstatement, Shafiq Ur Rehman as a Sectary board.
The CJ remarked that Shafiq Ullah’s transfer was an attempt to avert him from the NAB and the court .
Replying
to the CJ remarks about the encroachments on the railway’s land in
Karachi , the Railway’s Director said that the Pakistan Railways
recovered 757 Acer of land from the encroachers, adding that anti
encroachments operation is in progress in the country , including
Karachi.
Meanwhile, Additional prosecutor general informed the
SC that the reference against chief controller purchase would be
registered soon and he is handed over to the concerned investigation
agency under judicial remand.
The court asked the Railway to submit its detail report, the court adjourned the proceeding of the case till March 16. Online