ISLAMABAD – CJP Justice Saqib Nisar presided over a hearing in the caseconcerning the construction of the Nai Gaj Dam in Sindh, and subsequentlysummoned chief ministers of all provinces to appear before the court in thenext hearing for a possible resolution on the matter.
“The case has been pending and was being delayed if the court had notconsidered it,” he said, warning that if the Ecnec meeting was not held intime, the court would summon ministers on a short notice.
The court adjourned the hearing till Friday.
Later, the CJP presided over proceedings of a case on the Diamer-Bhasha andMohmand dams and issued directives to the chairman of WAPDA for submittingfeasibility report and details on the projects.
Besides, he has ordered the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) to examine, andsubsequently inform the court whether a tax could be imposed on mobilephone cards for the construction of dams.
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“We had suspended collection of tax on mobile phone cards, while manysuggested that the amount could have been utilized in the construction ofdams,” he remarked, adding that the annual amount was Rs36 billion.
He stated that the required amount could be fetched from taxes.
