NICL case: SC declares Zafar Qureshi suspension 'null & void'

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has declared suspension of investigation officer in NICL scandal case Zafar Qureshi as 'null and void', Geo News reported on Monday.

Three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaurdhary while hearing the case declared suspension notification of Zafar Qureshi as null and void and ordered his restoration on the same post.

Justice Shakirullah Jan announced the verdict reserved in suspension of Zafar Qureshi case.

The court has also constituted a commission headed by Justice Ghulam Rabbani to investigate into political interference in the case besides anti-judiciary campaign in media. It also ordered Secretary Establishment and Home Secretary to extend cooperation to the commission.

The court had ordered restoration of Zafar Qureshi as investigation office in NICL scandal case on July 01.

It may be noted here that the government had suspended Qureshi on the next day on the charges of issuing statements in media.

Meanwhile, the court has directed Zafar Qureshi to bring looted money back by investigating at the earliest. The SC has also ordered DG FIA for not intervening Qureshi's work.