Nab DG’s appointment: Govt accused of deliberate delays

LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court again sought replies from the attorney general, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman and inspector general of Punjab Police on a petition challenging the appointment of Rana Zahid Mehmood as NAB’s Punjab director general.

None of the respondents was present in court when the hearing of the main writ petition and a stay application began.

The petitioner’s counsel accused the government of deliberately delaying the case.

He pointed out that Mehmood’s contract was due to expire on July 20, 2011, at which point the instant petition would become ineffective.

The bench of Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain and Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq directed the respondents to file their replies by April 18.

The petitioner submitted that Mehmood’s appointment on contract violated rules as well as a Supreme Court judgment.



Published in The Express Tribune, April 12^th, 2011.