...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
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A three-member bench of the apex court was hearing a petition seeking bail of former Balochistan food minister Asfandyar Kakar who was tossed in the slammer
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by NAB earlier this year on charges of embezzlement.
"Important cases in Balochistan have seen long delays," Justice Dost Mohammad, who was presiding over the apex bench, said during the hearing.
Justice Faiz Essa remarked that Director General (DG) NAB Balochistan, Irfan Naeem Mangi ─ who was a member of the Joint Investigation Team that investigated allegations of money laundering against the Sharif family ─ should be made a co-accused in the case against Kakar due to the poor performance of the NAB.
The judge added that NAB authorities were misusing the law and matters could only be improved by opening cases against them.
Justice Mohammad, however, said that due to Mangi's involvement in the Panamagate JIT, he could not be included in the case against the former provincial minister.
"Those caught red-handed in Balochistan are released by NAB. The bureau has made a joke of all corruption cases," Justice Essa remarked, adding that the trials due to be completed within 30 days do not get wrapped up even in 30 months.
"To this day, NAB has not completed any trial within 30 days," the justice said. "Rs701 million have been stolen, but NAB is sleeping."
"Those who draw a salary from the taxpayer's money are abusing the law," Justice Essa said.