Kamran Faisal’s death: Top court orders NAB to file reservations in 10 days
Rules that Fasih Bokhari will have to appear whenever summoned.
Faisal, who held the position of assistant director at the bureau, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room at the federal lodge number 2. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit within ten days its reservations regarding the death of Kamran Faisal, an investigation officer who was probing the rental power plants scandal.
The top court resumed hearing the case of Kamran Faisal’s mysterious death, an assistant director and investigation officer of the NAB, who was investigating the Rs22 billion Rental Power Projects (RPP) scam and was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his official residence in Federal Lodges, Islamabad, on January 18.
Hearing the case, Justice Jawwad said that so far no written reservations had been received from NAB authorities. However, K K Agha, Prosecutor General National Accountability Bureau (NAB), appearing before the court, said that in keeping with the court’s earlier order to send in reservations in writing, he had filed them to the registrar’s office of the apex court. However, the write-up did not reach the bench owing to certain objections raised by the court office regarding an incorrect procedure adopted by Agha.
The prosecutor general sought more time for removing the objections raised by the registrar’s office.
After accepting K K Agha’s plea, the court allowed him ten more days to file his reservations again.
Furthermore, the court also gave conditional exemption to Chairman NAB Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari from appearing before the court for the next hearing, but ruled that whenever the court needed him, he would have to appear. The court was adjourned till February 11.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2013.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit within ten days its reservations regarding the death of Kamran Faisal, an investigation officer who was probing the rental power plants scandal.
The top court resumed hearing the case of Kamran Faisal’s mysterious death, an assistant director and investigation officer of the NAB, who was investigating the Rs22 billion Rental Power Projects (RPP) scam and was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his official residence in Federal Lodges, Islamabad, on January 18.
Hearing the case, Justice Jawwad said that so far no written reservations had been received from NAB authorities. However, K K Agha, Prosecutor General National Accountability Bureau (NAB), appearing before the court, said that in keeping with the court’s earlier order to send in reservations in writing, he had filed them to the registrar’s office of the apex court. However, the write-up did not reach the bench owing to certain objections raised by the court office regarding an incorrect procedure adopted by Agha.
The prosecutor general sought more time for removing the objections raised by the registrar’s office.
After accepting K K Agha’s plea, the court allowed him ten more days to file his reservations again.
Furthermore, the court also gave conditional exemption to Chairman NAB Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari from appearing before the court for the next hearing, but ruled that whenever the court needed him, he would have to appear. The court was adjourned till February 11.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2013.