The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday issued notices to former Mines and Minerals director generals (DG) Shakirullah Jan and Mian Farooq to appear in person before the SC to clear their stance in the Abbottabad mining scam.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry also issued notice to Mustafa Kamal, the current mining DG to assist the bench on the next date of hearing.
The SC also issued a notice to the Sarhad Development Authority (SDA) to present all relevant record of the leases awarded for the mining.
During the proceedings, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advocate General Adbul Latif Yousafzai said massive corruption was carried out while in the award of leases to the contractors.
He apprised the court that SDA General Manager Javed Iqbal was involved in awarding a mining lease to his own wife Rukhsana Javed for an area of 498 acres of the total 1,197 and that too on nominal rates.
Yousifzai said Jan had awarded this prospective lease to Rukhsana which was converted to a mining lease by another former DG, Farooq, who extended it for another 13 years.
The chief justice said employees of any sector were considered the trustee of the department.
The AG said bigwigs from the previous government were involved in corruption and had obliged their own people.
Meanwhile, Raja Aamir Abbas, counsel for the petitioner apprised the bench that the SDA cancelled its lease and awarded it to Rukhsana Javed at a nominal tariff.
He also informed the bench that two more petitions were filed in the SC and were sub-judice.
The chief justice said massive corruption was involved in the matter and sought a comprehensive reply from all respondents in the case.
Later, the proceedings were adjourned for another 10 days.
