Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Pakistan's 14 judges received two plots each

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Three existing and twelve retired judges of the Supreme Court received two residential plots each worth millions of rupees in expensive sectors of the federal capital, said a report presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday. 56 bureaucrats including Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani , Secretary General to Presidency Salman Farooqui and former interior secretary Syed Kamal Shah also grabbed two plots each in the federal capital. A report by the Ministry of Housing presented before the committee contained the details of allotment of two plots each to the Supreme Court Judges and bureaucrats. Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Shakirullah Jan and former Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar were also among the beneficiaries. According to this report these plots were allotted as desired by the former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during the tenure of former President Pervez Musharraf. Justicew Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tasadduqe Jilani, Justice Nasirul Mulk are included among the existing judges, while Justice Khalilur Rahman Ramday, former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Javed Batar, Justice Saeed Ashhad, Justice Sardar Raza, Justice Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Faquir Khokhar, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Falak Sher, Justice Jamshed Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Zahid Hussain are included among the beneficiaries. Besides, former law secretary Justice (Retired) Mansoor Ahmad also received two residential plots. These plots are located in Islamabad’s prized residential sectors D-12, G-14, and G-13. Appearing before the PAC meeting presided over by its Chairman Nadeem Afzal Auditor General Akhtar Buland Rana explained his absence from previous meetings saying he was not in the country. Member committee Noor Alam lost his temper and exchanged hot words over chairman committee defending the cabinet secretary and AG. The Bureaucrats includes, Ismail Qureshi, Jalil Abbass Jilani, Sajid Chattah, Ijaz Rahim, Aslam sanjrani, Ahmed Waqar, Syed Kamal Shah, Abdullah Yousuf, Abdur Rauf Chaudhry. The committee also summoned secretary housing on July 5 and directed to present the list of army general who were awarded plots during 2008-2010

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