Implementation of report of Sugar Inquiry Commission: SHC orders AGP to make his arguments today

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday sought arguments from the Attorney General for Pakistan in the hearing of a petition filed against the implementation of a report of the Sugar Inquiry Commission.

A division bench of the SHC sought arguments of the federal government on Thursday after Makhdoom Ali Khan, counsel for the sugar mills which filed the petition, concluded his arguments.

The court directed the Deputy Attorney General for arguments, who sought time as the Attorney General would appear in the case.

The court rejected the plea of the Deputy Attorney General for more time as the bench would not be available next week, and the case has to be disposed of earlier under the orders of the apex court.

The court rejected the plea of the federal government for time and ordered the Attorney General and the Additional Attorney General to make their arguments on Thursday.

Earlier, Makhdoom Ali Khan in his arguments submitted that the report of the Commission was not a court order and stated that the prime minister and his cabinet were also bound to the Constitution and law, and no one had unlimited powers.

Makhdoom Ali Khan argued that if the prime minister and his cabinet would declare the act as criminal what would be the effects on investigation agencies.

He stated that political governments have their own interests and keep a person in the name of accountability in its ranks.

Earlier, the bench turned down the plea of the growers to become a party in the case after the court observed that the growers were not concerned with sugar subsidy and the commission formed to probe it.

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