PTI reference against NAB chief: SJC to meet on May 16
PTI reference against NAB chief: SJC to meet on May 16: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has summoned a meeting on May 16 to consider a reference filed by a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader seeking the ouster of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry.
The reference, moved by PTI Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry proposes the deposition of the NAB chairman, as several questions were raised during the Panamagate hearings regarding the NAB’s role.
The decision to file the reference under Article 209 was first announced on Friday.
Talking to reporters, the PTI spokesman said that the SJC’s announcement to hold a meeting over the reference “is a victory for PTI”.
The Panamagate verdict on April 20 directed the formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the controversial financial dealings of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members.
The Supreme Court (SC) had on Tursday received names for the six officials who will eventually constitute the JIT. The JIT has been tasked to submit its findings from the probe within two months.
The JIT will include a member each from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), NAB, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI).
The PTI, however, vehemently opposes the idea of NAB chief Qamar Zaman Chaudhry being a part of the investigation, citing that the Panamagate verdict itself mentioned him as somebody who had failed to carry out his responsibilities with due efficiency.
The NAB chairman first incurred the wrath of SC Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, when during a hearing of the Panama case on February 21, Khosa remarked; “You could have looked into the Panamangate matter but you didn’t.”
The NAB chairman reportedly stuck to his stance: that he did not find the need to re-open the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, despite the fact that a Lahore High Court judge had earlier expressed the need to do so.
The Panamagate verdict too pointed out that NAB and FIA had been less than competent in fulfilling their institutional obligations, necessitating the need for a JIT.
PTI reference against NAB chief: SJC to meet on May 16
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