Exasperated by the failure of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar, home secretary and inspector general of prisons, Punjab to produce former Punjab chief minister and PTI President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi in the court, an accountability court (AC) in Lahore on Wednesday issued show-cause notices to these officials, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
In his five-page verdict, Special Judge Central of the AC Bakht Fakhar Behzad directed them to reply to these notices on August 5.
The court also ordered the accountant general of Punjab to stop the payment of salaries to these officials besides slapping Rs50,000 in fine on each of them.
The AC ordered the investigation officer to submit complete challan of the case on the next hearing failing which action would be taken against him.
Elahi was to be produced in the court today in a money laundering case.
Reporter: Jamaluddin Jamali