The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday rejected the interim report presented by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director legal in the National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) case.
A three-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the NICL case on Friday. During the proceedings, FIA Director Legal Azam Khan presented another interim report which was rejected by the bench after it expressed its dissatisfaction.
The court asked him why recoveries were not being made in Lahore and who was the in-charge of FIA there. Azam Khan apprised the bench that Waqar Haider was the FIA director in Lahore.
Upon this, the chief justice questioned if it was Waqar Haider who stopped Zafar Qureshi from appearing before the bench on court’s directives. The CJ said Waqar Haider was facing contempt of court charges.
The chief justice expressed anger over FIA’s performance and warned the officials to become serious about the case. “It seems as if influential people are being protected,” he remarked. On Thursday, the court directed the FIA Director Legal to submit a written reply about the recoveries.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said in his remarks that it was also the duty of the court to recover the embezzled money. He said Waqar Haider would do nothing, and it was obvious why he would not do anything.
Justice Jawwad S Khawaja said some influential person was protecting
those responsible.
