SC dismisses NAB's review petition seeking to re-open Hudaibiya Paper Mills case

Dunya News

The case was initiated by NAB in 2000.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Monday dismissed review petition filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking re-opening of Hudaibiya Paper Mills case.

A three-judge special bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel resumed hearing on the review petition here in Islamabad today..

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa had directed that Hudaibiya Paper Mills case be reopened during the hearing of the Panama Papers case.

On December 15, 2017 a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam had dismissed NAB’s appeal to reopen the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case. NAB had then filed an appeal against the decision.

The Rs1.2 billion Hudaibiya Paper Mills case deals with alleged Rs1.2 bln money laundered by Sharif family. It was initiated by NAB back then in 2000 but was quashed away by Lahore High Court in 2014. NAB had challenged LHC’s verdict.