A three-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the NICL case and rejected the interim report presented by the FIA director legal, Azam Khan. The court asked him why recoveries were not being made in Lahore and who the in-charge of FIA there was. Azam Khan apprised the bench that Waqar Haider was the FIA director in Lahore. At this, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry recalled that Waqar Haider had stopped Zafar Qureshi from appearing before the bench on the court’s directives and was facing contempt of court.
The chief justice expressed dismay over the FIA’s performance and directed the FIA director general to recover Rs420 million, warning officials to get serious about the case. “It seems as if influential people are being protected,” he remarked.
On Thursday, the court had directed the FIA director legal to submit a written reply about the recoveries. In his remarks, Chief Justice Chaudhry had said it was also the duty of the court to recover the embezzled money.
Secretary Commerce Munir Qureshi informed the court about the appointment of former NICL head Sardar Ayaz Khan Niazi, saying the joint secretary commerce had conducted an inquiry into the appointment of Niazi, according to which the appointment was legal.
The chief justice, however, expressed dissatisfaction over the secretary commerce’s reply and remarked that the secretary was not abiding by the court’s earlier orders. The court directed the secretary commerce to submit a comprehensive report regarding the implementation of the court’s orders within two weeks and adjourned the hearing.
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