ISLAMABAD, August 23: The National Assembly’s (NA) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday summoned former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice (R) Saqib Nisar.
Committee Chairman MNA Noor Alam Khan remarked that the ex-CJP was a controversial figure. “Rs14 billion were spent on advertisements on the ‘Dam Fund’, while only Rs9 billion could be collected,” he said.
MNA Birjees Tahir said the PAC wanted to know as to why the money collected for the Fund had not been spent for the avowed purpose. “We are not threatening judges after all,” he remarked.
The PAC summoned the Supreme Court (SC) registrar for briefing on the Fund. PAC chairman said that whenever government officials were summoned, they went to the court against the summons.
During the hearing of Tayyaba Gul sexual harassment case, when the PAC chairman asked National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Aftab Sultan where the NAB DGs of other provinces were, he replied that the bureau was currently faced with financial constraints; therefore he asked them not to come. “However, if I fail to satisfy you, I will direct them to appear before the committee,” he said. -NNI
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