SC seeks report from NAB on underhand rental power plant deal
Hayat, in his letter, had claimed that the deal will disrupt the recovery of billions of rupees.
During Wednesday's proceedings, NAB rejected Hayat’s allegations and its officials promised that Karkey's power plant will not move out of Pakistan without the court’s consent.
A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the suo motu case regarding the non-implementation of its judgment on Rental Power Projects (RPPs) case.
In his letter, Hayat - who took the incumbent Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to the court in RPPs case - requested the chief justice to stop the relevant authorities and state functionaries from letting the rental power ship from sailing outside Pakistan before the Rs22 billion are recovered and deposited in the national exchequer.
Justice Chaudhry said that they were aware of Hayat’s letter to the SC.
Rejecting Hayat’s allegations, however, Additional Prosecutor General NAB Akbar Tarar said that the bureau is in talks with the administration of the Turkish rental power company, Karkey, in this regard.
He said that despite the hard work on the part of the NAB officials in this case, the court is not satisfied with their efforts.
Tarar told the court that NAB had put around 34 persons on the Exit Control List (ECL) for this purpose.
Expressing concern over the continued non-implementation of the court’s RPPs judgment, the chief justice said that if the situation remains unchanged, the court will resume contempt proceedings against the bureau’s chairman and other officials.
Counsel Raja Amir, representing some of the NAB investigating officers, told the bench that his clients had completed five inquires and referred the matter to prosecutor general for approval for further investigations.
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I don't get what the reporter is trying to say here. Can't ET hire someone who could put down his thoughts concisely.
Placing 34 people on Exit Control List is the hard work which NAB has accomplished?
Both PPP and N league have good relations with Turkey. let see how we donot receive these billions. It should be made part of law that any contract against the interest of Pakistan can be cancelled at any time without any liability