ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan’s petition till May 10. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the next hearing might be the last if the ‘misplaced’ reports are presented.
During today's hearing, Attorney General Irfan Qadir had said that the Law and Interior ministries should find the 'misplaced' inquiry reports regarding Mehran Bank and Habib Bank. Qadir had earlier informed the court that the reports had been misplaced and was directed to trace the documents and submit a written reply.
The chief justice had said that an inquiry should be conducted by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to find the missing reports.
Qadir informed the court that both ministries had been directed find the reports and present them in court.
During the hearing, Asghar khan’s lawyer also claimed having confirmatory statements of General (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg and former ISI chief General Assad Durrani.
The chief justice responded to this saying, “We have to fulfill legal requirements, confirmatory statements cannot give this case a logical end”. He added that if those statements were taken, the case would have to be directed against the respondents.
The court directed General Beg’s counsel to provide bills of transferred accounts, whereas the Investigation Bureau (IB) submitted a report of distributing 270 million, which was sealed by the court.
Express News had reported that a report submitted by the Interior Ministry to the Supreme Court with regards to Mehran Bank claimed that Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif had taken Rs50 million from the bank.
The petition filed by Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan alleges that the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) distributed money among several politicians before the 1990 elections.
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May 10 of which year? 2012 or after that! No hurry it is a couple more years before everybody dies and all the record disappears. It is not imp to punish the rightwing party leaders and generals. Memo and contempt are more imp and should be heard non stop. What is a decade or two among friends?
of course reports will go missing. That's easy in today's climate. Would a report have gone missing in the 60's? Would even a note-sheet which is placed on top of a file be tampered with or go missing?
So day to day hearing for serving President, Prime Minister and Ministers and 15 day intervals for former military chiefs.
It seems that SC is preparing for closing this case altogether and lack of documents will serve as the justification. But as a whole, this will serve as a precedent for violators where no matter how many cases are pending against a person, all that needs to be done is have the reports 'misplaced'. So much for justice!
hope that the case will reach its logical conclusion near future.
So if the reports are misplaced, does that mean justice will not be served anymore? Should this ugly chapter be over without any ending? such a waste of time this was.
Hang all these corrupt people at Meenar-e-Pakistan and let the people of Pakistan enjoy this live show.
NAB can't go after the Corrupt whose evidence has been given/placed before the August Body. The SC is expecting a lot. Climbing up the wrong tree.
@Atif Razzaq: not to forget our very own agencies
SC is wrong, poor MR Sharif has no money, he only pays PKR 5,000 in tax
@Atif Razzaq: Agree---What about the rest? I think as whole society we are corrupt.
Almost all politician are corrupt, except few.... They should be punished in public....
champs of democracy ...my foot ...
SC should ban such corrupt people