CJP takes suo motu notice of Asad Munir’s letter written before alleged suicide

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Asif Saeed Khosa has taken suo motu notice of the letter written by Brigadier (retd) Asad Munir before his alleged suicide. 

The suo motu was taken after the apex court received the letter which was addressed to the CJP. The top judge has summoned the references against Munir from Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal.

Munir’s a former member of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and former intelligence operative allegedly committed suicide last Friday.

Munir was upset over media reports that ran a day earlier stating that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) during its executive board meeting had granted approval for the filing of a reference against him, family sources said. NAB had accused Munir of misusing his authority and restoring a plot in F-11 area of the federal capital.

In the alleged suicide note addressed to the CJP, Munir gave details of the allegations levelled against him and the way he was treated by “incompetent NAB officers”.

He wrote that he was committing suicide to avoid humiliation and requested that the CJP take notice of the conduct of NAB officials.