ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has moved a petition in the Islamabad High Court challenging Capt (r) Muhammad Safdar’s release on bail in a reference filed against him.
The NAB chairman moved the court through NAB prosecutor and made Capt (r) Safdar and the Accountability Court (AC) Islamabad judge as respondents.
The petition said that upon completion of an investigation, the NAB filed a reference against five accused including Capt (r) Safdar before the AC Islamabad. It said that on September14, the AC summoned the accused for their appearance in the said reference.
The NAB prosecutor told the trial court that despite having knowledge the respondents did not appear before the court in compliance with the summons and the court re-summoned the accused including Safdar.
The petition said that the accused did not appear before the court on September 26 again and the court issued bailable arrest warrants for Capt (r) Safdar. The prosecutor said that Capt (r) Safdar did not appear in response to the bailable warrants issued by the trial court and the court was constrained to issue non-bailable warrants for him to procure his attendance for October 9.
The NAB prosecutor said that the officials of NAB in the execution of non-bailable arrest warrants arrested Capt (r) Safdar on October 8 from Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad and he was produced before the court on October 9 with the request for judicial remand.
