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Supreme Court allows govt to take action against sugar mills

Stops ministers from issuing statements as counsel for owners cited media trial

July 14, 2020 01:56 PM


The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the government to take action against the sugar mills owners and order the Islamabad High Court and Sindh High Court to announce their judgments on the petitions, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

During the hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed stopped the government ministers from issuing statements on the issue. The statements made on the sugar scandal was a political issue, he observed

The apex court also overturned the stay order issued by the Sindh High Court obtained by the sugar mills owner as it ordered the government to take action according to law. However, it also made it clear that the government could not pass a final order against the millers until the court judgments were released.

In his argument, Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan said the sugar inquiry commission was first in Pakistan before which two chief ministers and a close aide of the prime minister appeared in person.

Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan observed that the process should be transparent so that the people responsible for the scam were taken to task. The court would allow to bin the people’s interest in technical modalities, he added.

On the other hand, Makhdoom Ali Khan – the counsel for sugar mills owners – argued that overturning the stay order would affect the cases in high courts negatively.

But the chief justice observed that how they could stop the government from performing its duties.

Similarly, the attorney general in his counter-arguments said whether the 20 sugar mills owners someone special so that no action could be taken against them.

The way the Sindh High Court stopped the government from proceeding against the millers was illegal, said the attorney general.

He informed the court that the government was going to make an inquiry commission for a probe into the petroleum crisis as well. They wanted to solve the issue stay order before the commission on petroleum scandal, said Khalid.

However, the court stopped the government ministers from issuing statements as Makhdoom said the ministers were conducting a media trial through statements.



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