ISLAMABAD: It has been revealed that former Supreme Court judge Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi was allotted a bulletproof vehicle.
Sources said that as a judge of the Supreme Court, he was not entitled to a bulletproof vehicle, but he had requested the Ministry of Interior that he should be allotted a bulletproof vehicle as his life was in danger. The Cabinet Division had allotted the vehicle to the former judge on the recommendation of the Supreme Court’s registrar and the Ministry of Interior. The Cabinet Division had approved the allotment of the vehicle by sending a summary to the then prime minister. According to sources, the former judge returned the vehicle to the Central Pool on January 16. It should be remembered that Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi had resigned from his post on January 10. As a Supreme Court judge, he used a bulletproof jeep of 2017 model. The bulletproof vehicle is currently in the pool. It has also been learnt that earlier, he was given a Mercedes Benz, but he did not like it, after which he was given the jeep.
