Sugar probe report: SC to hear govt plea today.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan will take up today (Thursday) the federal government's appeal challenging the Sindh High Court's June 23 stay order that restrained it from taking action against sugar mills in light of the sugar inquiry commission's recommendations.

Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed, a three-judge bench of the apex court will hear the case.

The top court's registrar office has issued a notice to the attorney general for Pakistan Barrister Khalid Jawed Khan for the hearing.

The government through the attorney general filed the appeal in the apex court, requesting it to set aside the restraining order the high court gave on a petition moved by sugar mills owners.

The federal government has stated in the appeal that the SHC had no jurisdiction to halt an investigation into a matter, adding the high court gave relief to the petitioners...

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