Contractor becomes advisor to PM; SC seeks govt’s point of view ISLAMABAD: The recent appointment of Shujaat Azeem as Adviser to Prime Minister on Aviation drew the attention of the Supreme Court hearing a case relating to the delay in construction of the New Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Fatehjang, 30km southwest of Islamabad. The matter cropped up when Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heading a three-judge bench asked the court staff to bring the July 7 edition of a newspaper which had carried a report headlined “New order for aviation causes uncertainty”. “Without commenting on the news we would like to have reaction of the government of Pakistan through the attorney general to the contents of the report, particularly with reference to holding of dual nationality by Adviser to the Prime Minister Mr Azeem,” the chief justice said and asked Additional Attorney General Shah Khawar to communicate the court order to the government. The court will take up the matter on July 17. According to the report, Shujaat Azeem was formally chief executive officer of the Royal Air Service, a ground handling company, and was reportedly a partner of Chaudhry Munir, the main infrastructure contractor for the new airport. This is an example of the conflict of interest.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:33:04 +0000
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