IHC rejects OMC's plea to stop FIA probe in fuel crisis case.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah rejected on Tuesday an oil marketing company's plea to stop the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking action against it in the fuel crisis case.

Hearing the petition filed by Attock Petroleum, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued notices to the Ministry of Energy, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), the government's recently formed fuel crisis committee and the FIA for tomorrow (Thursday).

The petitioner's lawyer Advocate Ebadur Rehman maintained that the government had not set up the inquiry commission under the Petroleum Products Inquiry Act.

To this Justice Minallah replied that it wasn't necessary for the government to set up an inquiry commission under the Inquiry Act. 'The government has certain responsibilities and is answerable to the people,' he said. 'If there is a disruption in fuel supply, the executive has the power to order an inquiry.'

The IHC chief justice asked the petitioner to...