ISLAMABAD: Former National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president Saeed Ahmad on Thursday challenged the order of his removal from office in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The petition was filed on Saeed’s behalf by Advocate Faiz Rasool.
The petition said that Saeed never violated any rules or regulations during his tenure nor had he faced any departmental inquiries. The government didn’t frame any charges against him nor was he issued a show cause notice before he was suspended, it added.
It demanded that the suspension notice issued by Finance Secretary Arif Ahmad Khan on August 28 should be declared null and void.
The Ministry of Finance had appointed Tariq Jamali as the acting president/chief executive officer of National Bank of Pakistan on Wednesday.
The federal cabinet had removed Saeed Ahmad on Tuesday on the recommendation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Earlier on June 20, an accountability court had reserved verdict against Saeed in the supplementary reference filed against former finance minister Ishaq Dar. The reference was related to money laundering worth millions of dollars.
Judge Muhammad Bashir had heard the case, in which the nominated accused Saeed, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Raza of Hajveri Trust appeared before the court.
The petitioner stressed that his client should be allowed to complete his tenure till January 2019.
