He prayed that the instant review petition may kindly be accepted and the impugned order to the extent of the petitioner be recalled and set aside. The allegations in the JIT report against the petitioner may kindly be expunged/quashed and he may not be made subject to any further harassment, inquiry or investigation.
The Supreme Court in January 7, 2019 order directed the National Accountability Bureau to further investigate against the petitioner (CM Sindh) and file a reference in Islamabad/Rawalpindi on the basis of recommendations in the JIT report.
Murad Ali Shah informed that he was neither a party to the proceedings in fake accounts case nor he was issued any notice by the apex court nor was he summoned by the JIT at any stage of its so-called inquiry/investigation. He is, however, directly and materially affected by the impugned order and the JIT report.
The petitioner submitted that as per the contents of the JIT report, the inquiry into the so-called fake accounts was initiated by the Federal Investigation Agency on 16-10-2015, allegedly on the basis of a source report which culminated in FIR No. 4/2018. The CM contended that his name does not appear in the JIT report relating to the so-called fake accounts.
He stated that the Supreme Court initiated the suo motu proceedings regarding the matter on 29-06-2018 and notices were issued to various persons on the request of the FIA and later on the request of the JIT. Neither the FIA nor the JIT produced any evidence against him before the apex court. The chief minister further mentioned that his name did not even appear in any of the earlier reports submitted by the FIA and the JIT. He submitted that he was neither summoned by the FIA nor by the JIT during the course of inquiries and they also did not seek any information from him.
For the first time the petitioner's name appeared in relation to JIT's inquiry/investigation during a television programme 'Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Saath' aired on Dunya News Channel on 17-12-2018, i.e. two days before the JIT report was submitted before the Supreme Court. He submitted that the allegations made in the TV were of the same nature to those made against the petitioner in the JIT report, the CM Sindh told.
He submitted that false and baseless allegations of misuse of authority have been made against the petitioner in the JIT report. These allegations, however, are not supported by any material/evidence.
The counsel for the JIT candidly and fairly submitted before this court that the so-called material against the petitioner required re-examination in order to reach a correct conclusion.
He submitted that during the proceedings on 07-01-2019, the court verbally announced that the petitioner's name be removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) and his name be expunged from the JIT report. However, the impugned order does not contain the direction though announced in the open court as it was widely reported in electronic and print media and also confirmed by the advocate general Sindh.