F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar showed anger over the failure of Intelligence agencies failure to a submit report regarding the arrest of suspended SSP Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah killing case.
CJP Mian Saqib Nisar headed the three member bench of the apex court, the bench comprising of Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan resumed hearing of the sou motu case.
As the hearing began, the supreme court was informed that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have not submitted reports.
The bench expressed anger over the spy agencies failure in this regard and gave the agencies one-hour deadline to present their reports.
Though, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) submitted his department’s investigation report and the representative of IB told court that its deputy director was collaborating with the police to trace absconding police officer, however the chief justice expressed dissatisfaction over the report
IG Sindh A.D Khawaja also appeared before the court. The CJP also came down hard on Khawaja after he informed the court that Rao Anwar was still at large.
Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, was among three others who were allegedly killed in a fake encounter by the then-Malir SSP in Karachi on January 13. After the matter surfaced, Anwar and most members of his encounter team have since gone into hiding.
At the last hearing of the case on Feb 16, the apex court had issued a contempt of court notice to Anwar over his failure to not attending the hearing.
