The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered to indict Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Fasih Bukhari in contempt of court charges on April 2.
Three-member bench headed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry heard a suo moto case. The bench rejected a plea by the respondent to change the composition of the bench as counsel of the respondent objected on the inclusion of chief justice in the bench.
Chief Justice Chaudhry remarked that prima facie NAB chairman’s letter to the President Asif Ali Zardari, which contained objectionable remarks on the judiciary, is insulting for the judiciary and other civil and military institutions.
NAB’s counsel argued that chief justice had removed himself from the bench in the Arsalan Iftikhar case upon which CJ remarked that both cases have no similarity.
Later on, the court while appointing Attorney General as prosecutor ordered to frame contempt of court charges on chairman NAB on April 2.
The hearing was adjourned till then.