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SC stops NAB from probing Peshawar BRT project
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February 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday set aside the order of Peshawar High Court (PHC) directing the National Accountability Bureau to probe different aspects of Peshawar Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) project. A three-member SC bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, allowed the appeal of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government and the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA), challenging the order, passed by the PHC on July 17, 2018, directing NAB and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to conduct an inquiry into different aspects of the project.
The court held that no reasons were given in the impugned judgment and, after disposal of earlier writ, it had become functus officio, having no jurisdiction to make any further orders in a decided matter.
The Supreme Court accepted the appeal, set aside the PHC judgement and quashed the directive for NAB to investigate the BRT project. Photo by Shahbaz Butt/File
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) judgement directing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) project.
A three-judge SC bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, took up an appeal moved by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government challenging the view taken by the high court that the BRT project was based on “shifty and shaky” foundations.
Apex court also extends for another month stay against similar directive for FIA