SC annuls previous orders in PKLI case

LAHORE: An SC three-judge bench on Thursday annulled all the previous orders issued by former CJP Mian Saqib Nisar in a suo motu case against the alleged corruption in the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) and the huge salaries of its president and other staff.The former chief justice had ordered the ACE to hold an inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds at the PKLI after a court-appointed forensic audit expert doubted the financial affairs of the institute. The former chief justice had also appointed an ad hoc committee headed by a retired judge to run the institute on behalf of the apex court and also ordered amendment to “Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute and Research Centre Act 2014”. The court had also barred its president Dr Saeed Akhtar from leaving the country.The suo motu case was taken up by the three-judge bench headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik at the Lahore registry. Revoking previous orders, the bench directed the provincial government to run the PKLI under its Act and also allowed Dr Akhtar to visit abroad. The bench also discarded the ad hoc committee. Asked about the legitimacy of the inquiry by the ACE into the PKLI affairs, a law officer told the judges that a bench headed by former CJP had ordered that inquiry. Justice Malik observed that every institution was supposed to work within its limits. He told the law officer that the bench was withdrawing the order of the inquiry as being "unnecessary and a case of judicial overreach". With these directions, the bench disposed of the suo motu. The ACE had recommended registration of an FIR against the management of the PKLI and others.

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