Khyber News

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary Friday remarked that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was not handling the NICL scam case seriously, adding that seemingly protection was extended to the ‘big fish’ in the scam. 

A three member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and including Justice Jawad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Husain was hearing the case regarding alleged corruption in the affairs of the National Insurance Company Limited.

During the hearing, the court rejected the Federal Investigation Agency’s report pertaining to the issue of the recovery of Rs 420 million submitted before the bench a day earlier. The Director Legal, FIA, Azam Khan had presented the report. The court asked the FIA director about non-recovery in Lahore and the person in-charge over there. The court was told that the Lahore station was manned by Waqar Haider. 

The CJP told FIA director to handle the case seriously and shun the impression that some personalities were being protected.