ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has summoned Federal Minister for Finance Asad Umar in Nai Gaj Dam case.
During the hearing headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, Deputy Attorney General told the court that Asad Umar is attending Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) session over which the top judge said, “We summoned him, he should have come.”
Responding to the wish of CJP Nisar to conclude the case in his tenure, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan said that we still have one week to complete the hearing.
The federal and provincial governments had expressed disagreement on shared financing of the Rs46.5 billion Nai Gaj Dam and constituted a committee to decrease its cost.