Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday observed that the sole objective of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was to eliminate corruption from the society.
He was heading a three-member bench comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed as its other members, which resumed hearing in the quarterly progress reports related to implementation of its verdict on Rental Power Plants (RPPs) case.
The CJ asked NAB officials to work for strengthening national institutions.
He said the court decision was very explicit, but no tangible action was taken by NAB.
The chief justice directed the officials to complete challans against all the accused without any discrimination.
The bench in its order directed the NAB chairman to personally oversee the progress on the implementation of its verdict and initiate criminal proceedings against the accused, besides ensuring recovery of the amount.
During the course of proceedings earlier, NAB Additional Prosecutor General Fauzi Zafar apprised the bench that three officials had already been suspended for removing investigation officer Asghar Khan from the case.
Justice Azmat Saeed said all people who had been protecting the accused would have to face criminal proceedings as well.
Fauzi requested the bench to give him time for submission of a comprehensive report, as he was not feeling well.
The bench accepted the request and adjourned the hearing until January 15.
