Less than an hour before it completes its five-year term, the government has formed a commission to probe allegations by Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari that the Supreme Court is not allowing the anti-corruption body to function freely.
According to a notification issued late Saturday by the joint secretary of the Law Ministry, Sohail Qadir Siddiqui, a two-member commission comprising former Supreme Court judges Mukhtar Junejo and Nawaz Abbasi has been formed to look into the matter and submit a report in the next few weeks. The commission will start its probe from next week.
It seems that Fasih Bukhari is itching to be sent to prison for the pending contempt case against him before the Supreme Court.
No commission can challenge Supreme Court's authority. The interim PM should quash the commission anyway for it being malafide in the first place. By inciting the Government to go this route, Fasih Bkhari may have burnt all boats and if he is found guilty for writing that contemptous letter, then he fully deserves imprisonment.
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