ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has announced verdict in the case of foreignappointment of former army chief Gen (retd) Raheel Sharif.

Supreme Court has ordered to send the matter to the federal cabinet afterit was informed that the previous PML-N-led cabinet did not issue aNo-Objection Certificate (NOC) to him for working abroad after hisretirement.

A three-member bench headed Chief Justice Saqib Nisar and comprisingJustice Umer Ata Bandial and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan resumed the hearing indual nationalities case of government officials.

The defence secretary informed the court that the Saudi government hadrequested for induction of Gen Raheel Sharif in the military alliance, forwhich the General Headquarters (GHQ) and the Ministry of Defense grantedNOC to the former army chief.

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar however, questioned as to whether the GHQ or theMinistry of Defense were authorised to issue that. At this, AttorneyGeneral Khalid Javed told the three-member bench that the then federalcabinet did not issue NOC in the instant matter which was mandatory in viewof the Supreme Court judgment.

Meanwhile, the court directed to send the matter to federal cabinet for itsconsideration and ruled that former ISI DG Shuja Pasha had also submitted areply, denying any employment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).