ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Esa has remarked the National Consolidated Fund (NCF) is the money collected from people through taxes and the National kitty is **t someone’s personal property.
He remarked the government was bypassing parliament. Billions of rupees of Kissan Package have been released without any legal authority, he said. Who will return billions of rupees if parliament does **t approve the supplementary grant? he questioned.
A two-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC), presided over by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, took up the Kissan Package case for hearing on Wednesday. Justice Qazi Faez Esa inquired from Attorney General (AG) Ashtar Ausaf Ali if the Kissan Package was legal and constitutional. The AG said the Kissan Package was constitutional. The government is authorised to release funds, he said. As per law, the expenses which are incurred in excess of budgetary allocations are approved from parliament through supplementary grant, he said.
Justice Qazi Faez Esa remarked the government has ** such discretionary powers to release funds of billions of rupees. Enact law on the matter of subsidy, he said. If law is **t to be framed, then subsidy be allowed to all, he said. The AG said they will consider this point.The court, while directing the AG to give arguments on merit Thursday, adjourned the hearing of the case.
05-26-2016, 02:57 PM
National kitty **t someone?s personal property: SC
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