The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the trial court that it must deal with matter of Moonis Elahi according to the law and without being influenced by the proceedings of the Supreme Court.
A three-member Judge bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani resumed hearing of the petition of Chaudhry Shujat Hussain for seeking separation of Moonis' case from suo motu case related to violation of public procurement Rules 2004 causing billions rupees loss by National Insurance Company Ltd.
Syed S.M. Zaffar Counsel for Chaudhry Shujat Hussain, requesting to separate the Moonis case from Suo motu case, apprised the court that chalan has been completed and FIA has recovered the entire amount in NICL case. Chief Justice remarked: "you can raise this point in the trial court for seeking relief or bail but not here." However, the court could not separate the case of Moonis from suo moto case as it would not be according to the law, he observed.
In the matter of contempt of court, Makhdoom Ali Khan, counsel for DG FIA Malik Muhammad Iqbal, apprised the court that the summary of Zaffar Qureshi has been forwarded to the Prime Minister for his repatriation as Additional Director General of FIA, but PM is out of country.
Chief Justice remarked that Zaffar Qureshi recovered an amount of RS 1.88 billion in NICL case, so the apology of DG FIA is linked with the returning of Zaffar Qureshi in FIA. The court adjourned the further hearing of the case till April 25.
On Monday, Makhdoom Ali Khan, counsel for DG FIA Malik Muhammad Iqbal, said that the officer had submitted a written unconditional apology placing himself at the mercy of the Court. He said that his client had never asked the Interior Ministry to get Zafar Iqbal Qureshi, the FIA Official assigned to probe the scam, transferred.