Supreme Court issues notice to Prime Minister’s son Ali Musa Gilani

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Ali Musa Gilani, son of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, in the chemical (Ephedrine) quota allotment case.

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry also issued a notice to former DG Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Major General Shakil and Khushnud Lashari.

The bench was hearing a plea filed by the ANF (Anti-Narcotics Force) against the premier’s sacking of its director general and hurdles being created in probing Ali Musa Gilani for his involvement in illegal import of ephedrine-a controlled substance, by the help of Khushnud Lashari.

The counsel for ANF informed the court that the ANF team working on the case had been interchanged.

The counsel told the court that the chemical quota was allotted by former health secretary Khusnod Lashari. The ANF has issued summons for Lashari and Ali Musa Gilani, and on the request of Lashari the ANF met him at the PM House.

He said the that Ali Musa Gilani’s father was upset over the notice and the law secretary along with entire state machinery were trying to save Khusnod Lashari and Ali Musa Gilani in this case.

While inquiring the reasons of influence, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that maybe the reason was the connection of some prominent figures and further investigation was required.

He said that this was a sensitive issue, where they needed to tread carefully. He commented, “It seems an influential person is involved in the case and the need arouse for more transparent investigation”.

The bench directed Ali Musa Gilani and Khusnod Lashari to record their statements with the ANF and the investigation team be restored.

The case regarding the illegal sale of ephedrine was registered on October 10 last year, after two pharmaceutical companies — Danas Pharmaceutical Limited and Berlex Lab International – were accused of obtaining export quotas for the drug in collusion with the health ministry officials that exceeded the limits fixed by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).

The INCB had fixed an annual quota of 22,000kg of ephedrine for Pakistan for 2010-11, but the ministry of health following its devolution allocated a quota of around 31,000kg of the drug.

Later, ANF’s investigation had allegedly established a direct link between Ali Musa Gilani and the multi-billion drug scandal.

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