THE recently reinstated Additional Director General of FIA Zafar Qureshi was denied entry to his office in Lahore on Saturday. The Supreme Court had ordered his restoration to carry on his investigation into a corruption case. Another report said that his investigation team has also been transferred leaving him high and dry.
Zafar Qureshi after restoration went to his Lahore office despite reported warnings from the highups of the Interior Ministry not to do so. According to media reports, Zafar Qureshi was told by a few insiders of the FIA building in Lahore on Saturday morning that worst was waiting for him if he turned up and thus he should restrain from assuming the charge. But the he went to office and the government gave him another kick by denying him entry. One fails to understand why certain elements in the government are making this an issue unnecessarily, making Zafar Iqbal a football and thus creating an impression of defiance of the Supreme Court orders on behalf of the government. It is a pitty that Pakistan has become a joke in the world about clash between state institutions. It is surprising that some elements are taking extreme stance, while the Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has repeatedly stated that the Government was implementing the Supreme Court orders and would continue to do so in the future. Only last week the Prime Minister approved the denotification of four PCO judges of the Lahore High Court and one of Sindh High Court in pursuance of an order from Chief Justice of Pakistan. We would urge the Prime Minister who has rightly earned the title of man of consensus and reconciliation that he should personally look into this unfortunate episode and ensure to iron out such issues on priority so as to implement the verdicts of the Apex court in letter and in spirit.
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