The chief justice also stressed that the top court shall not interfere in matters of political nature. In the petition, the premier had been accused of corruption in the LNG contract awarded in 2015, as the minister for petroleum and natural resources. During the days of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, the Supreme Court had also taken up financial deals during the PPP regime. Likewise, it passed coercive orders in matters related the LNG contract, Rental Power Projects, Safe City Project, etc. The Supreme Court proceedings had not only badly affected the PPP politically but the court’s decisions also affected foreign investment.

Source: The Express Tribune February 12, 2018 10:09 UTC