PM’s contempt case: AGP submits 43 documents of evidence before Supreme Court
Filed documents include the court’s judgments in the National Reconciliation Ordinance and its implementation case.
ISLAMABAD:
Attorney General of Pakistan Maulvi Anwarul Haq has submitted four volumes of documentary evidence before the Supreme Court in the prime minister’s contempt of court case.
The 43 documents filed on Thursday include the court’s judgments in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and its implementation case.
No exclusive document has been submitted.
The first document is an application that states that the attorney-general is submitting documents required by the court in the contempt case, while the last document is an affidavit by the AGP that gives the assurance that he has submitted all documents pertaining to the case that he could collect, so far.
“Other documents pertain to the Supreme Court’s judgment in the NRO case and its follow-up instructions to the government,” an official from the attorney general’s office told The Express Tribune.
The details of the cases of NRO beneficiaries Adnan Khawaja and Ahmad Riaz Sheikh are also part of the submitted documents.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had allegedly appointed Khawaja as MD OGDCL and Sheikh as Additional Director General Criminal Wing of the FIA despite being aware of the fact that they were NRO beneficiaries.
The list of witnesses includes the names of former attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan, former law secretary Justice (retd) Aqil Mirza, former deputy attorney general Shah Khawar, Joint Secretary Law Ministry Syed Sultan Shah and former deputy prosecutor general NAB Raja Amir Abbas, lawyer Abid Zuberi and two section officers of the ministry, the official from the attorney general’s office said.
Aitzaz Ahsan, the prime minister’s counsel, will submit a list of witnesses along with their statements in the case on February 27.
A seven-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, will examine the documents submitted by the AGP on February 22, and the prime minister’s record on February 28.
On Wednesday, Haq said the submission will “not have a big impact” on the case, adding that his evidence was not very different from the documents presented during earlier hearings of the case.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2012.
Attorney General of Pakistan Maulvi Anwarul Haq has submitted four volumes of documentary evidence before the Supreme Court in the prime minister’s contempt of court case.
The 43 documents filed on Thursday include the court’s judgments in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and its implementation case.
No exclusive document has been submitted.
The first document is an application that states that the attorney-general is submitting documents required by the court in the contempt case, while the last document is an affidavit by the AGP that gives the assurance that he has submitted all documents pertaining to the case that he could collect, so far.
“Other documents pertain to the Supreme Court’s judgment in the NRO case and its follow-up instructions to the government,” an official from the attorney general’s office told The Express Tribune.
The details of the cases of NRO beneficiaries Adnan Khawaja and Ahmad Riaz Sheikh are also part of the submitted documents.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had allegedly appointed Khawaja as MD OGDCL and Sheikh as Additional Director General Criminal Wing of the FIA despite being aware of the fact that they were NRO beneficiaries.
The list of witnesses includes the names of former attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan, former law secretary Justice (retd) Aqil Mirza, former deputy attorney general Shah Khawar, Joint Secretary Law Ministry Syed Sultan Shah and former deputy prosecutor general NAB Raja Amir Abbas, lawyer Abid Zuberi and two section officers of the ministry, the official from the attorney general’s office said.
Aitzaz Ahsan, the prime minister’s counsel, will submit a list of witnesses along with their statements in the case on February 27.
A seven-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, will examine the documents submitted by the AGP on February 22, and the prime minister’s record on February 28.
On Wednesday, Haq said the submission will “not have a big impact” on the case, adding that his evidence was not very different from the documents presented during earlier hearings of the case.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2012.