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CJ summons former rulers over 'lifetime of perks'
 [Dawn] The top judge of Pakistain Saturday took a suo motu...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... notice of the last-minute legislation by the outgoing governments in Sindh and at the centre, in which they declared a lifetime of perks and privileges for certain government dignitaries, DawnNews reported. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry also has taken notice of an unprecedented security protocol being provided to ex-prime ministers and issued a notice to the Attorney General of Pakistain in this regard. In a last-minute hurried legislation, the Pakistain People's Party-led coalition governments in Sindh and at the centre, through bills and notices, had declared indefinite supply of perks and allowances for the office bearers of key government posts. Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, federal interior minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship. , speaker Sindh assembly Nisar Khoro and chief minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah are also summoned, either in person or through a counsel, to appear before the court on April 16. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-14 |
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