The Supreme Court (SC) resumed hearing into the OGRA embezzlement case on Monday.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East DG Nasarullah presented a report of the case in the court. He told the court that efforts regarding bringing back former OGRA chief Tauqeer Sadiq to the country had been made, adding that the case should be taken up at the Foreign Office level.
To which Justice Jawad S Khwaja asked him that the FO had not mentioned this in its report, ordering that the step should be taken at the state level and report be submitted to the court within 10 days.
NAB investigation officer Waqas told the court that the co-accused and Sadiq’s front man, Salim Shahzad was acquitted in the case on a surety bond. He said of the 36 witnesses in the case, six applied for protection. The case was referred to the NAB DG but he has not taken any action on it so far.
The court also demanded the name of witnesses who requested for protection and directed the NAB DG to appear before the court personally on the next date of proceedings.
Justice Khawaja said the report of the Foreign Ministry indicated that Pakistan’s ambassador to the UAE was helping Sadiq.
Late, the court adjourned the hearing until March 25.
