{"id":3643,"date":"2023-09-13T10:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/shc-restrains-nab-from-arresting-kumar-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:57:07","slug":"shc-restrains-nab-from-arresting-kumar-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/shc-restrains-nab-from-arresting-kumar-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"SHC restrains NAB from arresting Kumar – Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Sindh High Court on Tuesday heard a petition of former Sindh minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla and others against harassment.Former excise and taxation minister of Sindh Mukesh Kumar Chawla and excised department officers had filed a plea in the high court against harassment of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in an inquiry related to misuse of power and corruption.The court sought reasons of reopening the inquiry from the NAB.<\/p>\n

The bench also summoned former inquiry officer Mirza Ali Beg in a personal capacity.\u201cAssemblies were exist when the call-up notice was issued. Why the action not taken from year 2021 and the inquiry activated after dissolution of assemblies,\u201d the bench questioned. \u201cYou know elections are nearing and has started your actions. What you did in last two years\u201d court asked the investigation officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inquiry was initiated in 2021 and later suspended,\u201d IO replied. \u201cThe inquiry was taken from the former IO and handed me over,\u201d IO said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t issue an arrest warrant or call-up notice,\u201d he said. \u201cThe matter has been at inquiry level,\u201d he informed the court.\u201cWhy did you close the inquiry earlier. We know the NAB\u2019s practice, how it works,\u201d court remarked. \u201cYou will be sent to jail, if the court found your malicious intention,\u201d the bench warned.<\/p>\n

The court ordered to send a copy of the order to the DG NAB and adjourned further hearing of the case until October 10. The court also restrained the NAB from arresting Chawla and other petitioners until next hearing of the case.The anti-graft watchdog has launched an inquiry into the alleged irregularities and misuse of authority within the Motor Vehicle Registration Wing and the Excise and Taxation Department.Sources said last month that Mukesh Chawla, has been placed on the interim stop list following NAB inquiry pertaining to misuse of authority.<\/p>\n

and corruption in a vehicle registration scam.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 The Sindh High Court on Tuesday heard a petition of former Sindh minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla and others against harassment.Former excise and taxation minister of Sindh Mukesh Kumar Chawla and excised department officers had filed a plea in the high court against harassment of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in an inquiry related to 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