ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Thursday raised questionsover the performance of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and tookthe anti-graft body to task for pending hundreds of cases for a decade.
A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of PakistanGulzar Ahmad and comprising of Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice QaziMuhammad Amin Ahmad, heard a case relating to illegal occupation of thepublic welfare plots of Al Habib Cooperative Housing Society at KarachiRegistry on Thursday.
CJP Gulzar Ahmad took exception to the performance of the anti-corruptionwatchdog, lamenting it is not making any progress in pursuing cases, someof which had been pending for even 10 years.
“It seems that the NAB is conniving with the accused,” the CJP added.
The court asked the bureau chief to submit a report in this regard. It alsoordered him to launch an inquiry against investigation officer Ausaf.
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Justice Ijazul Ahsan said that the NAB and Federal Investigation Agency aretwo important pillars of the state. He remarked that it is a totalcollapse. He lamented that the IO neither has any knowledge nor does hehave any interest.
Justice Amin remarked that the IO is totally ignorant about who got thebail.
The CJP admonished the registrar of the society. He asked him why he didn’tcancel the allotment of plots reserved for parks and mosques.
