Accounts Committee (PAC) of in parliament on Tuesday called former main justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar will provide explanations regarding the Diamer Bhasha dam foundation which was created during his time. in the highest judicial office.
Nisar, then CJP, took the lead of fundraising for Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams by launching a fund in July 2018, what happened later joined then prime minister Imran Khan doing it jointly venture to overcome the water shortage in the country.
The Foundation had hit 10 billion rupees in by March 2019, with advertising spending reportedly totaling Rs 13 billion, according to PML-N’s Ahsan Iqbal.
Today’s PAC session chaired over Chairman of the GAC Nur Alam Khan, also called the registrar of the Supreme Court to clarify the details of fund.
AT one The fact is that the chairman of the committee called Nisar a “contradictory” figure.
PAC and PML-N MNA member Barjis Tahir stated that Rs 14 billion was spent. on ads against general collection of 9 billion rupees, as he called for explanation on why funds were not used on building of dams.
“We do not threaten judges,” he said.
This was stated by Senator Mushahid Hussein Sayed. should funds should be investigated.
Imran’s KP helicopter case
issue of Alleged misuse of PTI Chairman Imran Khan of provincial government helicopters during his partyx past tenure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also entered into discussion in PAC session.
Imran already facing National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case on the same accusations in 2018 and appeared before the NAB at his command post office.
“Imran Khan abused power from 2013 to 2018 and used the KP government helicopter for [a total of] 156 hours. More than 70 million rubles were spent. on helicopter use”, NAB Chairman Aftab Sultan told the PAC, adding that the observer takes steps for in amounts recovery.
This was announced by the Chairman of the PAC. recovery should not be from CP government but of those using helicopter. He told the Sultan to go to the electoral commission. of Pakistan on this.
The Sultan informed the PKK that by 1800 people used a helicopter and permission for this is use has been given in 2012. He added what a provincial government needs to be restored about over 300 million rupees in total.
The PAC ordered the NAB to restore amount from Imran and another 1800 people.
body also ordered that arrest warrant for issuance for Director Imran secretary Azam Khan for I won’t come today session and instructed the interior minister as well as director general of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to include his name in Output checklist.
In other matters, the PAC has set deadlines of the Peshawar BRT investigation sent the FIA to complete broadcast request for a month and ordered NAB complete investigation into the Billion Tree Tsunami Project six months when submitting a report every month.
Chairman of the GAC also inquired about the details that were asked about assets of NAB officers.
“If someone asks the NAB for something, it people go to court. Your organization violates the constitution,” Nur Alam Sultan said.
The chairman of the NAB replied that the disclosure files of assets belonging to NAB officers were blocked in of the Institutional Division, adding that “files are opened when an investigation is to be carried out. made.”
PAC member Sheikh Rohail Asghar said the details of politicians assets Was made public documents are there should be no problem in manufacturing public details of assets submitted to the founding department.
The GAC Chairman repeated his question as to why the details of in assets were not provided, to which the Sultan replied that he had the same answer.
Nur Alam said no one stood above the Constitution, and Syed asked what issue in providing the requested details.
NAB chairman called for equal treatment with other civil servants, to which the chairman of the GAC said that the NAB is a civilian institution and not “sensitive” one. “We all obey [details of] assets Then no issue in it’s him added.
The Sultan said he didn’t have problem in providing details if the Establishment Department rules we changed, however, that only NAB should not be discriminated against against.
The Chairman of the PAC said that he wanted asset Details of in last four years. At the same time, the Sultan assured him of performance asset Details for in last three years, which are indicated when filing an income tax return.
