SC issues contempt notice to NAB Chairman
Supreme Court issued contempt notice to NAB chairman for February 4 over his letter to president.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court while hearing the rental power projects implementation case issued a show-cause notice for contempt of court to National Accountability Bureau chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bukhari who had written a letter to the President Asif Ali Zardari, complaining that the apex court wanted to derail the democratic system by its strange tactics against officials of the investigative agency without any justification.
The court has summoned the bureau’s chairman to appear before it on Feb 4.
A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has been hearing the case pertaining to the implementation of its March 2012 ruling in the RPP case.
During the proceedings, Chief Justice Iftikhar had inquired NAB prosecutor general K K Agha over the letter sent by the bureau’s chairman to President Zardari.
The Supreme Court while taking notice of the issue has ordered the chairman NAB to present before the court on February and submit his stance in detail.
According to the court, chairman NAB mentioned in the letter that nonpolitical forces were trying to derail the democratic system in the country.
Earlier during the hearing, Agha had read out the letter sent by the bureau’s chairman to President Zardari.
Addressing Agha, Chief Justice Iftikhar inquired as to why such a letter was written and asked for the prosecutor general’s advice on the matter as a lawyer.
