IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(Appellate Jurisdiction) 
 
 
PRESENT: 
Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial 
Mr. Justice Faisal Arab 
Mr. Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed 
 
 
 
Criminal Petition No.1145-L of 2019 
(Against the order dated 11.9.2019 passed 
by the Lahore High Court Lahore in  
Crl. Misc. No.49695-B of 2019) 
 
 
Saima Ashiq Javed 
 
 
…Petitioner(s) 
 
 
 
 
 
Versus 
 
 
 
The State through Attorney General of Pakistan, 
Lahore & another   
 
…Respondent(s) 
 
 
For the Petitioner(s): 
Mr. Zafar Mehmood Chaudhry, ASC 
 
along with Saima Ashiq Javed, petitioner  
 
 
 
 
For the State: 
Mr. Khurram Saeed, 
 
Additional Attorney General for Pakistan 
 
For Respondent No.2: 
N.R. 
 
Date of hearing: 
02.06.2020. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, J.- Muhammad Awais 
Rashid and Muhammad Adeel, Junior Auditors in the Accountant 
General Office Punjab, were the principal architects behind a financial 
scam that cost public exchequer Rs.57.6 million, misappropriated 
through bogus pensionary payments to the fake claimants; as the 
Federal  Investigation Agency probed the heist, the petitioner was 
found to have provided space to the embezzled amounts in her bank 
account that reflected various transactions comprising deposit by one 
of the accused as well as withdrawals thereof; attempt to secure bail in 
anticipation to her arrest failed before the trial Judge on 17.4.2018 
whereafter she applied for judicial protection in the High Court in the 
year 2019, on issuance of proclamation of absconsion; failure brings 
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her to this Court. Mr. Zafar Mahmood Chaudhry, learned ASC, while 
disputing the accusation, craftily pressed into service petitioner’s 
gender to argue that her remission into custody would perennially 
embarrass not only the petitioner but the family as well, an avoidable 
option inasmuch as no investigative benefit would accrue to the 
prosecution at the given stage of the case. Learned Additional Attorney 
General for Pakistan has contested the plea; according to him, the 
prosecution still expects disclosures from the petitioner, likely to be 
helpful to drive home the charge.  
2. 
 
Heard. Record perused. 
3. 
 
It would be less than expedient to comment upon the 
arguments assailing evidence, comprising documented transactions 
involving bank accounts including one operated by the petitioner; her 
denials/explanations is a business to be best attended by the trial 
Court. Despite a generous opportunity, learned counsel has not been 
able to point out any mala fide lurking behind the intended arrest. Law 
does not confer immunity on the petitioner on account of her gender 
and as such she is required to make out a case for judicial protection; 
a prima facie nexus compounded by a conduct far from being enviable. 
Petition fails. Leave declined.    
 
   
 
 
Judge 
 
 
 
 
Judge 
 
 
Judge 
Islamabad, the 
2nd June, 2020 
Not approved for reporting 
Azmat/- 
