Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Constitution of Pakistan-------Art. 199---Employee of National Accountability Bureau (NAB)---Show-cause notice---Constitutional petition challenging show-cause notice---Concealment of facts---Incorrect certificate---In certificate filed along with present petition, it was stated to be the first Constitutional petition filed by petitioner before High Court on the subject matter---However this was untrue as earlier petitioner had filed a Constitutional petition before another High Court challenging same show-cause notice which had been assailed in instant petition---High Court declined to interfere in the matter---Constitutional petition was dismissed in circumstances.Sajjad Ahmad v. Chairman, Capital Development Authority 2016 CLC 896; Abdur Rashid v. Pakistan 1969 SCMR 141; Ramzan v. Chief Settlement and Rehabilitation Commissioner PLD 1968 Lah. 258; Muhammad Saddiq v. Ruqaya Khanum PLD 2001 Kar. 60; Dilawar Hussain v. District Coordination Officer 2004 CLC 324; Shaukat Medicos v. Government of the Punjab 2005 YLR 171; Muhammad Akram v. Mansoor Sarwar Khan, Barrister-at-Law 2006 CLC 40; Bashir Ahmed v. Habib 2006 MLD 148; Lahore Development Authority v. Shamim Akhtar 2003 MLD 1543; Abdul Majid v. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2024 YLR 982 and Azim Khan v. Government of Punjab 2023 MLD 1611 rel.JUDGMENTMIANGUL HASSAN AURANGZEB, J.----Through the instant writ petition the petitioner, Muhammad Nadeem Sajid, who is presently serving as Deputy Director, National Accountability Bureau ("NAB"), impugns four show-cause notices and four notices for personal hearing.2.    Through the said notices issued on 03.01.2020, 23.02.2022 and 13.12.2023, the petitioner has been called upon to show-cause as to why major penalty of dismissal from service should not be imposed on him. With respect to all the said show-cause notices, the petitioner has been called upon through letters dated 09.07.2024 to attend personal hearing on 11.07.2024.3.    Learned counsel for the petitioner drew the attention of the Court to the inquiry report dated 19.07.2019, according to which, no cogent evidence was available that could substantiate the charges…