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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken notice of the alleged multi-billion corruption carried out by former prime ministers Yousaf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in their respective tenures, Express News reported on Monday.
The notice was taken after the Supreme Court registrar office submitted a note to the chief justice.
The note claimed that 450 illegal CNG licenses were issued during Gilani’s tenure and 200 in Ashraf’s tenure – several of these were issued to their relatives. Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has also been pressurised by the former premiers to issue illegal licenses, the note added.
Alleged corruption was also carried out in around 42,000 CNG cylinders which were imported to the country, the note stated.
A three-member bench will take up the case on April 3.
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It is no surprise that the Supreme Court has started on a route of political victimization. Where was the Supreme Court when this corruption occurred, why take notice now when both of those PMs are gone. It is a reality that only PPP and PMLN are the only true democratic forces in Pakistan and their alliance can only solve Pakistan's problems.
While allotting CNG stations there must be certain policy and guidelines . Violations of these guidelines(if any) prima facie makes the allegations admissible for further action in the court. In case of deviation/ violation of guidelines the bureaucrats / OGRA officials too should be made responsible in such cases. I don't disagree that there shall be a scam but the news that allocations of all 400 CNG stations have been made deviating the rules( smells fishy) appears to be partly true. this may be a strategy to malign the opponent in election( irrespective of the final outcome in the court)
here comes the role of investigative journalists to unearth truth with evidence.
@Eyes Wide Shut:
Dont be too anxious. Wait till the justice will be done. Maulana Aziz of lal Masjid everybody seem what happened in the lal masjid but CJ let him scott free as if has done nothing wrong.
A country where shazeb khan is unable to get justice, where Qadri is still alive. These judges are just talk...
What a waste of national resources. Nothing is going to happen and the CJ is fighting windmills. What a mind-set of Superior Judiciary????
Only notices and given orders are headline news....when am I going to start reading news about implementation on those notices and orders?
These guys wanted to fill their coffers as they knew that there won't be any tomorrow. Gillani, who used to live in a house with broken boundary wall now lives in a fortress and rumor is that he has properties in Dubai as well. Look at his children who became millionaire while dad was a Prime Minister. And Pervaiz Ashraf has really become a Raja. It is rumored that he has purchased a mansion in Queens landing - a country where corrupt from all over the world end up any way. These rumors but be substantiated and if true then these crooks must be given exemplary punishments, without any chance of Presidential pardon.
Mr Chief Justice, all I hear and read is "Taking Notice". Time passes. Big multi-billion Rs scams get uncovered. The court issues all kind of judgments and orders. Nothing happens. 100's of such cases get buried under 100's of new cases unearthed. The police is too weak, completely powerless, threatened if they take action and corrupt as well. Only military or establishment as it is called can be used to enforce and implement the Court's findings and judgments. This also give the "Military or Establishment" a way to cleanse their badly tarnished past.
Oh man! I am loving the supreme court!
Time has come to take every corrupt person to task.
SC Registrar is quick in picking up news these days.
Wish he can pick news about Ex-Punjab Govt.
usual stuff from PPP!