A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Chief Justice of Pakistan, acquitted Mir Maqbool Lehri and Haji Muhammad Anwar in a corruption case, filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The NAB had filed a reference against Mir Maqbool Lehri, former Mayor of Quetta and Haji Muhammad Anwar, a contractor for allegedly violating rules and regulations in a contract for the construction of a bus stand.
Mir Maqbool Lehri and Haji Muhammad Anwar were sentenced for three years each by the National Accountability court.
The apex court directed the contractor to deposit Rs 13.5 million with the government of Balochistan along with interest within a period of six month at the rate of 10 percent per annum from May 29, 1991.
The Contractor was given an amount Rs 13.5 million as advance payment after the award of a contract for the construction of a bus stand by the Municipal Corporation Quetta when Mir Maqbool Lehri was Mayor of the corporation.
According to details of the case, the Municipal Corporation awarded a contract to Haji Muhammad Anwar for the construction of a bus stand in Quetta and gave Rs 13.5 million in advance but the contractor failed to start work owing to disputed land, earmarked for the bus stand.
The apex court comprised on Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar.
Senior advocates, Wasim Sajjad and Muhammad Tariq appeared before the court on behalf of the contractor and Maqbool Lehri.
They informed the court that the contract was awarded in year 1991 but the contractor failed to start work owing to disputes after disputes over the allotted land for the bus stand.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a reference against the former Mayor and the contractor for their alleged involvement in violation of rules during the contract awarding process.
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