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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed the hearing of the petition filed by Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Asghar Khan pertaining to Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) distributing money among politicians, DawnNews reported.
A three-jmember SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was hearing the case.
Chief Justice expressed dissatisfaction on not sending the notice to the Mehran Bank’s former chief Younis Habib.
CJ said that the record of the case should be provided to all the parties.
He said that the statement of Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani, former director general of the ISI was vital for the case.
The court has issued notices to Asad Durrani and Younis Habib.
The hearing was adjouned till March 8.
Earlier, the petition has called upon the apex court to punish the politicians and political groups who have been receiving pots of money from the agency.
Various politicians had demanded the petition to be heard.
Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan, in 1996, wrote a letter to then chief justice Nasim Hasan Shah against former army chief Mirza Aslam Baig, former ISI chief Lt-General (retd) Asad Durrani and Younis Habib of Habib and Mehran Banks, relating to the disbursement of public money and its misuse for political purposes.
