IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) 
 
 
PRESENT: 
MR. JUSTICE EJAZ AFZAL KHAN 
MR. JUSTICE SH. AZMAT SAEED 
MR. JUSTICE IJAZ UL AHSAN 
 
C. M. A. NO. 2939 OF 2017 IN CONSTITUTION PETITION NO. 29 OF 2016 ETC.  
 
Imran Ahmed Khan and others. 
 
           …Applicant(s) 
 
Versus 
 
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif,  
Prime Minister of Pakistan. 
 
 
      …Respondent(s) 
 
 
In attendance : 
Mr. Ashtar Ausaf Ali, A. G. for Pakistan. 
 
Mr. Riaz Riazuddin, Governor State Bank of 
Pakistan.  
 
Mr. Zafar Hijazi, Chairman SECP. 
 
 
Date of Hearing:  
05.05.2017 
 
O R D E R   
 
On the last date of hearing we observed as under :-  
“Pursuant to our directions, names of the Officers have 
been sent by all the Departments/Institutions but since 
we have reservations about the names given by the 
Governor State Bank of Pakistan and the Chairman 
Security & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, let both 
of them appear before us day after tomorrow i.e. 
05.05.2017 at 11:00 a.m. with the lists of all the scale 18 
and above Officers or equivalent so that we may 
consider them for approval as Members of JIT.   
 
2. 
 
Today, the Governor State Bank of Pakistan and the 
Chairman SECP appeared with the lists they were directed to 
produce. We examined the lists and deliberated over our choice. 
We from the list submitted by the Governor State Bank of Pakistan 
select and nominate Mr. Amer Aziz, an Officer of (BS-21) who is on 
deputation with NIBAF, as a Member JIT. We also examined the list 
submitted by the Chairman SECP and deliberated over the names. 
We from the said list select and nominate Mr. Bilal Rasool who is 
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Executive Director, SECP, presently working at the Commission’s 
Secretariat, Media and Corporate Communication and Translation 
Department as a Member JIT. We have also examined the lists 
submitted by the Chairman NAB. We after due deliberation select 
and nominate Mr. Irfan Naeem Mangi, Director (BS-20) as a Member 
JIT. We also examined the list submitted by the Director General ISI. 
We after due thought and deliberation select and nominate Brig. 
Muhammad Nauman Saeed as a Member JIT. We have also 
examined the list submitted by the Military Intelligence (M.I.). We 
after due consideration select and nominate Brig. Kamran Khurshid 
as a Member JIT. We also examined the list submitted by the Director 
General, 
FIA. 
We 
having 
considered 
the 
background 
and 
antecedents of the Officers in the list decided to select and 
nominate Mr. Wajid Zia, Additional Director General (Immigration), 
FIA to head the JIT.   
3. 
 
We further direct as follows :-  
 
i) 
The Secretariat of the JIT shall be housed in the 
Building of the Federal Judicial Academy, 
Islamabad 
where 
they 
shall 
be 
provided 
adequate office accommodation and related 
facilities. 
The 
requisite 
approval 
has 
been 
obtained from Hon’ble The Chief Justice of 
Pakistan.  
ii) 
Since the JIT in connection with the investigation 
would need funds, the Federal Government is 
directed to provide them necessary funds. We 
direct the Federal Government to initially provide 
an amount to the tune of rupees twenty million 
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forthwith 
so 
that 
the 
JIT 
may 
not 
feel 
handicapped in its movement in any direction. 
The funds shall be placed at the disposal of the 
Head of the JIT.  
iii) 
The Head and Members of the JIT shall arrange 
secretarial staff of their choice from their 
respective departments. The JIT would also be at 
liberty to utilize the expertise available in their 
departments and any other department of the 
Federal or Provincial Governments as and when 
required by it. 
iv) 
The boarding, lodging and transportation of the 
Members of JIT shall also be provided by their 
respective Departments in accordance with the 
rules.   
v) 
The JIT shall have the power to engage and 
associate 
local 
and/or 
foreign 
experts 
to 
facilitate the investigation and collection of 
evidence in line with the letter and spirit of order 
dated 20.04.2017 of this Court.  
vi) 
The JIT shall have all the powers given by the law 
relating to investigation including those available 
in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, 
National Accountability Bureau Ordinance, 1999 
and the Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1975.  
vii) 
As the JIT, in essence and substance, is acting on 
the direction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, 
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all the Executive Authorities throughout Pakistan 
shall act in aid of the JIT.  
viii) 
If and when any person fails or refuses to 
associate with or appear before the JIT or refuses 
to cooperate or provide oral or documentary 
information 
required 
by 
it, 
the 
same 
be 
immediately brought to the notice of the Court 
for taking appropriate action.  
ix) 
The Secretary Interior, Government of Pakistan is 
directed 
to 
ensure 
necessary 
security 
arrangements 
for 
the 
Secretariat 
and 
the 
Members of the JIT.  
  
4. 
 
The JIT is directed to commence and complete the 
investigation and submit its final report in terms of the order dated 
20.04.2017. It shall also submit fortnightly progress reports as stipulated 
in the said order.  
5. 
 
For further proceedings to come up on 22.05.2017. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
     JUDGE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JUDGE 
 
JUDGE 
ISLAMABAD. 
05.05.2017. 
M. Azhar Malik  
 
 
