Supreme Court of Pakistan. — File photo

ISLAMABAD: During a hearing of the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam case, Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Tehseen Anwar Shah tendered his resignation in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.

Responding to which, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said that Mr Shah should resign before the concerned authorities.

Tendering his resignation, Mr Shah said being the director general of the FIA, he could not work under his subordinate FIA’s Additional Director General Capt (retd) Zafar Qureshi, chief investigator probing the NICL scam.

Earlier on Tuesday, the court had ordered Mr Shah to allow officers from Mr Qureshi’s team to rejoin the probe. Moreover, the court had directed Mr Shah to associate himself with the team to facilitate the probe.

The members of Mr Qureshi’s team also appeared before the court on Wednesday.

Furthermore, Chief Justice Iftikhar reprimanded Director FIA Lahore Waqar Haider saying he was creating hurdles in the way of implementing the court’s orders.

The two officials had been summoned by the court over the bomb scare in the FIA office.

Assistant Director FIA Lahore Khwaja Imad told the court Mr Haider had said that he was “under a lot of pressure”.

Subsequently, the court adjourned the hearing for an unspecified period. — DawnNews

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