SC takes notice of Asad Munir's suicide note, seeks reply from NAB.

ISLAMABAD -- Chief Jusitce Asif Saeed Khosa has taken notice of the suicide note left behind by retired Pakistan army brigadier and intelligence officer Asad Munir and sought reply from National Accountability Bureau Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal in the matter.

The development came on Wednesday after the suicide letter was received by the Supreme Court Registrar Office.

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Munir passed away on March 15. He left behind a note, lamenting disrespectful treatment meted out by the NAB. 'With one exception, all other investigating officers in my case were incompetent, rude, arrogant, untrained; knew little about the working of the department they were investigating,' he wrote.

The retired army officer said the case against him was based on audit paragraphs. He urged the chief justice to take notice of the anti-graft watchdog officials' conduct 'so that other government officials are not convicted for the crimes they had not committed.'

'A reference has been filed by the NAB against me in a case of restoration of a plot back in 2008. I did not...

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