Hajj corruption case: SC issues notice to former secretary establishment
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was heading the three-member bench hearing the case.
Federal Investigation Authority’s (FIA) inquiry officer Hussain Asghar presented the progress report on the case.
He said that investigations were being conducted on Rao Shakeel’s appointment, adding that he was appointed by Ismail Qureshi, the then secretary establishment. Asghar also said that the court had stopped Qureshi’s arrest.
On investigations pertaining to the degree of Zain Sukhera, friend of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son, Asghar said that the Governor Punjab as chancellor was being an obstacle.
Issuing a notice to Qureshi, the court directed him to give an explanation as the stay order against his arrest had been ended.
The hearing was adjourned till November 19.
Earlier, FIA investigators had issued summons for Abdul Qadir Gilani, his friend Zain Sukhera and others to get their statements recorded in relation to the corruption case but had failed to appear before the court.
Qadir Gilani had written a letter to FIA investigators requesting for more time so he could come to Islamabad from Multan.
The investigators want a clearer picture after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA from Sahiwal, Pirzada Syed Imran Ahmed Shah, retracted his statement, accusing Qadir Gilani of obtaining bribes from a Hajj official.
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