Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday said the Supreme Court’s decision in the rental power plants case to the extent of Raja Pervez Ashraf was final.
He was presiding over a three-member SC bench hearing Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf’s letter seeking formation of a judicial commission to investigate the rental power case.
The court issued notices to Faisal Saleh Hayat, Khawaja Muhammad Asif and the NAB chairman and sought replies from them.
Waseem Sajjad advocate appeared on behalf of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.
Sajjad told the court that the “PM wants that investigation into rental power case be assigned to a commission”.
The CJP remarked the court decision to the extent of Ashraf was final. “If you raise questions over NAB, what would other people do vis-à-vis NAB?”.
The CJP said why had the PM “addressed the letter to me. Constitution of commission after court’s decision is tantamount to reviewing the decision. Your review petition has been rejected for withdrawal of the same by you”.
Sajjad said the law did not debar the government from constituting commissions.
“We want the investigation made with reference to allegations.”
The CJP then remarked, “You could file a review petition too. Now the problem is that federal minister and member of assembly has raised the matter, so how can we decide it without issuing notice to him?”
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed observed, “I have been disappointed personally after hearing the decision in the Arsalan Iftikhar case.”
Waseem Sajjad said, “We have not expressed lack of trust in NAB, we just want transparent investigations.”
The CJP said the lawyer already knew that “former prime minister had to quit his office too. Now the matters have gone to extreme end and nothing can be done without issuing notices to the concerned parties”.
The court later issued notices to Faisal Saleh Hayat, Khawaja Asif and the NAB chairman and adjourned hearing of the case until March 18.
Raja Ashraf and others who are found gailty in this cse should be disqualified from contesting elections.
RPPs were brought in by BB to get corruption money for herself and her supporters. Common Pakistanis do not count. They just pay.
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