- Hearing will start today
ISLAMABAD, August 8: Supreme Court on Wednesday directed to reopen Nandipur Power Plant corruption case and fixed it for hearing on Thursday.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar issued notices to all respondents including federation, Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO), Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former minister for water and power division Khawaja Asif had approached the court to reopen the case.
During the course of proceedings, Chief Justice said that Asif had pointed out several issues in the project however he should have resolved them when he was in power. “Being federal power minister it was your responsibility too, he remarked. Justice Nisar asked
Asif “who had stopped him from conducting an investigation into the case.” The CJ asked why the project was given on a contract and handed over to a Chinese company to run. The project has not been allotted on contract. Its ownership belongs to the government,” answered Asif. “A prominent personality has been mentioned in your petition in paragraph 11. You have accused him of delaying the project,” asked Justice Umer Ata Bandial. – DNA
