ISLAMABAD – A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice ofPakistan Mian Saqib Nisar Tuesday adjourned the suo moto case pertaining toPakpattan shrine’s land transfer for an indefinite period.The case regarding transfer of thousands of kanals land of the Pakpattanshrine to an individual, Dewan Ghulam Qutab, in 1985 by the then Punjabchief minister Nawaz Sharif, was adjourned on the request of petitioner’scounsel Iftikhar Gilani.During the previous hearing, the top court had formed the JointInvestigation Team (JIT) to probe the alleged role of Nawaz Sharif as chiefminister in transfer of the shrine’s land.The chief justice observed that the documents submitted before the benchshowed that Nawaz Sharif as the Punjab chief minister had transferred theAuqaf Department’s land to a private owner. However, Nawaz Sharif apprisedthe court that he could not remember anything about the matter.The court then constituted the JIT headed by National Counter TerrorismAuthority (NACTA) Chairman Khaliq Dad Lak, comprising an official each fromthe Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB).It may be mentioned that Nawaz Sharif as chief minister had allegedlyallotted Auqaf Department’s land around the Pakpattan shrine to anindividual in violation of the Lahore High Court’s order.
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