ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday submitted an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court over the contempt of court case in reference to the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) corruption case, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.
The federal minister said that he has always respected the apex court and he never meant to interfere in the court proceedings for the the corruption case of Pakistan Steel mill. Therefore, he submitted his unconditional apology in court.
Later the court adjourned the hearing until March 16.
Rehman Malik’s involvement in the case began when he formulated a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) joint investigation team to investigate the Steel Mills corruption case. This step by the interior minister did not impress the apex court.
The Supreme Court issued a contempt of court notice to Interior Minister Rehman Malik for “unnecessary transfers” of officials conducting the probe, on December 17, 2009.
On May 16, 2012, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry directed the director-general of FIA to hand over all investigation records to NAB. The court expressed lack of trust in the investigation conducted by the FIA.
DND
