LAHORE: The inquiry commission, investigating the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) Rs5.34 billion scam, presented its report on Friday. It implicated former interior minister Rehman Malik and Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) chief for launching a campaign in favour of Moonis Elahi, the chief accused in the case, Express News reported on Friday.
The commission’s report suggested that legal action be taken against Malik and PML-Q chief Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.
The commission had compiled a 72-page report after taking into account statements from all the witnesses, and available documentary evidence. It concluded that Malik had used his position to pressurise Zafar Qureshi, who was incharge of the FIA team investigating the NICL scandal.
The report also noted that PML-Q chief was responsible for running a campaign to discredit the judiciary. Hence, action against them, as per contempt of court ought to be taken, the report suggested.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was presiding over the case, had taken note of reports in newspapers last July that Qureshi had been pressurised, and was subsequently removed from the team investigating the NICL scam. The chief justice had then formed an inquiry commission in August to investigate the matter.
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@Asad Malik: totally agree with that SC and CJ should get information on scams before media outlets do but the problem is SC is not a probing agency and that responsibility totally lands on the govt. shoulder which in our case is doing all that...
The inquiry commission finding is not a surprise. I hope culprits get befitting punishments.
lage raho , lage raho,destroy the whole system
How come our 'honorable' CJ gets his information from newspapers? Do they have no other reliable sources? If they are found guilty, they should be punished accordingly but its high time that the Justice system gets the information BEFORE reporters do
Its time for Justice in Pakistan. Blind justice .. It should appear that Justice has been done.
Pakistanis were robbed of billions in NICL Scandle so how can it be dead horse. I really appreciate the progress of Ayaz Niazi from being Manager of a Night Club in Dubai to Chairman of NICL. Surely our top clerics are matchless in spotting the talents.
beating the dead horse again ?