Islamabad ABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought Volume-VIII of Panama JIT report during the hearing of National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeal regarding the re-opening of the Rs1.2 billion Hudaibiya Paper Mills case.
NAB has moved SC against an earlier decision of the Lahore High Court (LHC) directing the authority to quash the investigation into the case, wherein former finance minister Ishaq Dar has been accused of laundering money for Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif.
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A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam took up NAB appeal against the LHC verdict today. Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel are the other members of the bench.
During the hearing, Justice Isa asked NAB prosecutor as to where the original NAB reference was.
Upon this the prosecutor said that he had not in possession of original NAB reference, arguing that the reference was not relevant in the instant matter.
Upon this Justice Isa remarked that the reference was relevant for them and they want to see it.
Justice Alam then remarked that when the original reference was unavailable, what was the purpose of the hearing.
Justice Isa then asked the NAB prosecutor to read out the petition. He informed the bench that the suspect was sent out of the country when the case was underway.
Justice Isa then inquired if the suspect (Nawaz Sharif) went on his own free will or was forced to go abroad, to which the NAB official said the country’s then chief executive had sent him.
When asked by Justice Isa who the chief executive was at the time , the NAB prosecutor said it was General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.
The hearing was then adjourned until December 11 as NAB asked for more time to prepare for the case.
The bureau was also directed to produce all records of the case at the next hearing.
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