A PHC division bench was informed by Azam’s counsel Sardar Muhammad Ghazi that a case was filed against his client in 2010 for allegedly purchasing substandard equipment. PHOTO: PPI/FILE
A petition filed by former director general (DG) of the Provincial Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (ERRA) Nasir Azam – seeking a NAB reference against him be declared null and void – has been dismissed by the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
A PHC division bench was informed by Azam’s counsel Sardar Muhammad Ghazi that a case was filed against his client in 2010 for allegedly purchasing substandard equipment, however,
there were legal problems in the case.
Ghazi further explained that when the case was filed against Azam, the appointment of Justice (Retd) Sardar Didar Hussain Shah as NAB chairman had been declared null and void.
“All references filed under the signature of Didar Hussain are not legal because his appointment was illegal,” argued the counsel.
“When the Supreme Court declared the appointment of Justice (Retd) Abdul Hameed Dogar as chief justice on July 31, 2009 illegal, all his decisions were given legal cover, however, the same was not done in the case of Didar Hussain,” the counsel said. The court dismissed Azam’s petition.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2014.
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