SHC issues notices on plea of NICVD executive director against NAB inquiry
July 4, 2021
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) special prosecutor and federal law officer on a petition filed by the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) head against a NAB inquiry into alleged corruption in the purchase of stents for the NICVD.
The petitioner, NICVD Executive Director Dr Nadeem Qamar, had assailed call up notices of NAB with regard to irregularities in the purchase of stents for the institute from July 2014 till June 2020. A counsel for the petitioner submitted that a roving inquiry was being conducted by the anti-graft watchdog against Dr Qamar, who was repeatedly been pursued for obtaining information, which had already been provided by him.