NAB under scrutiny for failure to implement verdict

The court has decided to hear implementation progress in an open court.


Our Correspondent April 19, 2012

ISLAMABAD:


The Supreme Court took action on Wednesday over the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s failure to submit a fortnightly report on the implementation of the Rental Power Project (RPP) verdict of the court.


The court has decided to hear implementation progress in an open court. The SC also issued a notice to NAB Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bukhari for his personal appearance before a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday for an explanation in the delay of implementing the court’s order.

The court had directed in its RPPs verdict to initiate criminal proceedings against a number of officials held responsible, including federal ministers and ministry secretaries who held office from 2006-2008.

The court directed in its RPPs verdict to initiate criminal proceedings against the responsible officials including federal ministers and secretaries of the relevant ministries from 2006 to 2008. The name of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is also among them, who was appointed the federal minister for information technology on Wednesday.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 19th, 2012.

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