ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Mohammad Azam Khan Swati submitted a written statement in the Supreme Court in reference to the Haj corruption case on Monday.
Swati’s statement quoted Secretary Religious Affairs as saying that Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi was involved in the corruption.
A seven-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry heard the suo motu case against the alleged corruption by the Ministry for Religious Affairs in the Haj operations.
Kazmi’s counsel Latif Khosa said that being cabinet minister Swati would be a party to the alleged corruption and therefore he should resign before levelling allegations against Kazmi.
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