RPP case: SC overstepping jurisdiction: NAB

RPP case: SC overstepping jurisdiction: NAB
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Summary The prosecutor general KK Agha said that SC was overstepping its jurisdiction.


ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has expressed its dissatisfaction over the non-arrest of PM Ashraf along with others accused in rental power plant case, Dunya News reported on Thursday.

 

A three-member bench headed by the Chief Justice resumed the hearing today.

 

During the hearing, the Chief Justice said that the court had ordered to submit the challan and arrest the accused while questioned why the court’s orders were not being implemented.

 

Presenting the report, NAB chairman said that the national exchequer had to bear no loss, adding that all money has been retrieved. He said that the investigation officer overlooked some of the significant facts.

 

Expressing dissatisfaction over the NAB report, the SC ordered to present all the files pertaining to the case.

 

On which the prosecutor general said that the record could not be shown in the court as long as the investigation is underway.

 

The CJP replied that the court has already given its orders in the light of these files. He said inquiry should be launched against the additional prosecutor general who made the report.

 

The prosecutor general KK Agha said that SC was overstepping its jurisdiction. ‘SC cannot review the record of NAB’, KK Agha added.