A Joint Investigation Team formed by the Supreme Court grilled Minister for Science and Technology Azam Swati after he appeared before it at the National Accountability Bureau headquarters on Wednesday.
The JIT is probing alleged misuse of authority, misconduct and encroachment by the federal minister.
The JIT was formed by the apex court to probe allegations of misuse of authority, misconduct and encroachment against the minister after the top court took a suo motu notice of the then-Islamabad IG’s abrupt transfer.
The JIT is headed by DG National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi DG Irfan Mangi and includes top officials from the Intelligence Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency. The team was tasked to submit its report to the court within 14 days.
According to sources, the JIT had prepared a questionnaire in light of its findings so far. The JIT had already questioned Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi and other government officials in the case.
The Supreme Court had suspended the transfer of Jan Muhammad but had to withdraw its order after he excused himself from performing duties as Islamabad IG.
Published in Daily Times, November 15th 2018.
