ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid said on Wednesday that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had submitted details of 179 cases in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
These cases submitted on April 9, 2015 are under the offences including financial scam, land scam and a use of official position, the minister said in a written reply to the Senate. He said that the NAB chairman had accorded highest priority to finalise these mega cases as well as other pending cases in a professional manner without compromising on the transparency and objectivity.
With untiring efforts, he said, NAB has been able to achieve significant progress in the said 179 mega cases as out of 81 inquiries, 25 inquiries have since been upgraded into investigations, six into Voluntary Return, one inquiry merged into on-going Reference and five closed on merit leaving a balance of 44 inquiries.
Similarly, he added that out of the 52 investigations, references had been filed in 30 cases, three investigations completed through plea bargain, whereas two investigations were closed on merit.
He said that there are now 42 investigations and one case has been decided so far, through conviction of accused, from the 46 references under trial before the Accountability Courts. On conversion of further 30 investigations into references after upgrading them, the present balances of references are 75 now, he added.
The ministry of National Health Services has been asked to ensure that the prices of medicines charged are in accordance with the commitment made by the RG Pharmaceutica Private Limited at the time of agreement of plea bargain under which the prices will come down to those in 2012.
