Summary The verdict over declaring NAB plea admissible has been reserved.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court (SC) on Friday badly chided National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regarding reopening of Hudaibiya Paper Mills case against the Sharif family.
Justice Mushir Alam conducted hearing on the case during which NAB lawyer Imran ul Haq said that there is a space in Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict therefore, he requested the court, to order reopening of the case.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked that the documents on which NAB wants to reopen the case is not attached with the petition. Justice Mushir Alam said, “You have not included Federal Minister Ishaq Dar in the case.”
The court directed NAB lawyer to satisfy over delay in the proceeding as the case was filed years ago.
The verdict over declaring NAB plea admissible has been reserved.
Earlier on November 11, the apex court rejected NAB plea, seeking adjournment of Hudaibiya Paper Mills case till the appointment of the new prosecutor general.
Justice Mushir Alam said that there is no base to adjourn the case while NAB lawyer Imran-ul-Haq said that the prosecutor should himself appear before the court.
NAB had blamed ousted premier Nawaz Sharif and the LHC judges for delaying Hudaibiya Paper Mills Ltd case appeal and requested the top court to reopen the reference.
The Hudaibiya Paper Mills case is basically about money laundering of Sharif family during 1990s.
The case was lodged against Nawaz Sharif, his brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Shahbaz’s son and Member of National Assembly Hamza Shahbaz and other members over Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar’s confessional statement on April 25, 2000 before magistrate in Lahore.
The reference was afterwards dismissed by LHC on March 11, 2014 in response to a writ petition filed in 2011, stating that Dar was pressurized to record the statement.
