Former CJP Justice (R) Saqib Nisar lands in hot waters
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The National Assembly’s (NA) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday summoned former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice (r) Saqib Nisar.
Committee Chairman MNA Noor Alam Khan remarked that the ex-CJP was a controversial figure. “Rs14 billion were spent on advertisements on the ‘Dam Fund’, while only Rs9 billion could be collected,” he said.
MNA Birjees Tahir said the PAC link wanted to know as to why the money collected for the Fund had not been spent for the avowed purpose. “We are not threatening judges after all,” he remarked.
The PAC link summoned the Supreme Court (SC) registrar for briefing on the Fund.
PAC link chairman said that whenever government officials were summoned, they went to the court against the summons link.
