“The attitude of the federation seems to be casual and non-serious,” the Apex court observed, adding that its June 21 verdict was still operational. – File Photo
On July 20, just a day ahead of the expiry of the deadline for making the appointment of the NAB chairman, the government had moved an application seeking extension till its review petition challenging the removal of Justice (retd) Syed Deedar Hussain Shah as NAB chief was decided.
The bench, comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, took up the application moved by Additional Attorney General K.K. Agha. “The attitude of the federation seems to be casual and non-serious,” the court observed, adding that its June 21 verdict was still operational.
While disposing of a petition challenging the appointment of Javed Zia Kazi as deputy head of NAB, the Supreme Court had ordered the federal government on June 21 to appoint within a month the chairman and prosecutor general of National Accountability Bureau.
On April 9, senior counsel Abdul Hafeez Pirzada on behalf of the federal government filed a petition seeking a review of a verdict that had blocked the reappointment of Mr Shah with the plea that the judgment suffered from ‘apparent errors’.
In its detailed judgment on March 22, the court virtually disqualified Mr Shah by forestalling government’s attempt to appoint him on the same post for a third time.
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