Summary The anti-graft body requested for a seven-member bench to hear the case
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed review petition in the Supreme Court (SC) to constitute a larger bench to hear the Hudaibiya Paper Mills reference.
The anti-graft body requested for a seven-member bench to hear the case, reasoning that the five-member bench in Panama Papers case had expressed serious concerns on the Hudaibiya Paper Mills scam.
NAB argued in its petition that the five-member bench ordered the body to include Sheikh Syed, Musa Ghani, Kashif Masood Qazi, Javed Kiani and Syed Ahmed in the action while later on, the three-member bench to hear the Hudaibiya Paper Mills reference barred them from conducting further or new investigation.
It was told that Hudaibiya case has direct relation with the Panamagate. NAB asked to review the verdict of top court in Hudaibiya Paper Mills reference as it is against the legal principles.
In December 2017, a three-member bench of the SC led by Justice Mushir Alam Rizvi had unanimously rejected NAB appeal seeking to open the case regarding Hudaibiya Papers Mill. A one-line judgment read by Rizvi said the appeal to reopen the case was dismissed and a detailed verdict would be issued later.
On September 20, NAB filed a petition in SC to nullify the decision of Lahore High Court (LHC) to shut Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, clearing Sharifs.
