NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal. PHOTO: FILE
PML-N moves SC to remove NAB chief
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar maintained the objections raised by the registrar office on the said petition. The plaintiff was a leader from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and the petition was heard in-chamber.
The registrar office's complaints were upheld and hence, dismissed.
In May, a PML-N leader filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking removal of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal for “leveling allegations of money laundering against Nawaz Sharif”.
The petition filed by Noor Muhammad Awan under Article 184(3) of the Constitution prayed that the court should remove the NAB chairman for “damaging the reputation of a political leader without any cogent material and causing reckless loss to the institution as he could not hold office due to partiality and unable to work with fairness”.
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The petition reads that politicians generally level baseless allegations against their rivals to secure their political goals and motives. “The removal [of NAB chairman] is inevitable to meet the ends of justice,” it added.
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