CJP orders to unfreeze accounts of Bahria Town, Malir Development Authority

The Supreme Court (SC) ordered on Friday to unfreeze all accounts of Bahria Town and Malir Development Authority's (MDA).

The SC bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar, took up the appeal of Bahria Town counsel Aitzaz Ahsan. The counsel told the bench that due to the accounts being frozen, employees were not getting their salaries and work had also stopped.

The chief justice remarked that they had ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to only 'monitor' the accounts. He said that the agency had exceeded its limits by freezing the accounts, local media reported.

The CJP added that earlier the agency had also frozen the accounts of schools pertaining to a case of school fees. He said the FIA closed the schools and froze the accounts even though the court had not passed any such orders and had only asked to monitor the accounts.

Justice Saqib also inquired as to why the name of Bahria Town had not been changed in the given deadline of six months. The CJP said that the deadline has ended and yet the name was still being used. The CJP then ordered all accounts of Bahria Town and MDA to be unfrozen.