The Islamabad High Court heard a petition on Friday challenging the summoning of National Accountability Bureau Lahore Director General Major (Retd) Shahzad Saleem to the Public Accounts Committee meeting in the Tayyaba Gul harassment case.
The IHC issued a notice regarding Shahzad Saleem’s request for a stay order in the Tayyaba Gul harassment case and summoned the attorney general at the request of the director general of the NAB in Lahore.
“Can the court issue a writ against the PAC?” the court questioned. “Is the petition against the PAC admissible or not?” it added.
“The PAC’s job is to audit the government funds. It cannot summon any person over harassment allegations,” said the lawyer for the NAB Lahore director general.
“Is the PAC part of the Parliament?” the court inquired further and summoned the attorney general on July 20 next for the hearing of a petition against the PAC.
On this occasion, the director general of NAB Lahore’s attorney asked for the PAC’s summoning orders from July 18 to be suspended.
On the other hand, the woman accusing the former NAB chief of sexual harassment has alleged former prime minister Imran Khan had used her videos to have his NAB cases closed and blackmailed the opposition. The woman, Tayyaba Gul, disclosed this in the Geo News program ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada ke Saath’ Thursday.
After the release of the videos, she said the NAB did not arrest the PTI leaders and closed their cases. She claimed victims of Javed Iqbal were also in contact with her.
