Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice to Rehman Malik

Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3:03 pm

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Supreme Court of Pakistan issued Thursday a contempt of court notice to Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on transferring DG FIA against court’s will and asked him to file his response by December 24.

The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has also ordered the minister to present himself before the bench on December 24.

The bench expressed its anger over transfer of Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Tariq Khosa and termed the act an interference in court’s affairs.

CJ ordered the Acting Attorney General Shah Khawar to re-transfer Khosa as DG FIA immediately and also rejected the Federation’s request of awarding at least a day for implementing the order.

Chief Justice in his remarks ordered the government “to do today whatever it wants” in complying with the court’s orders, saying that if the government failed to obey the court will take action against the Interior Minister.

The bench also canceled a notification issued by the Interior Ministry of formation of investigation team to probe into Steel Mill corruption case.