Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar reprimanded National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Karachi chief Naseer Awan for ‘crossing limits and humiliating people’ on Tuesday. “Aren’t you ashamed of bothering people without any reason? You people are crossing limits,” Justice Nisar said while hearing a petition against NAB’s notice to senior lawyer Salman Hamid. The Karachi NAB director general apprised the court that the notice was issued after Hamid lodged a case without prior permission of a suspect. On which, the CJP questioned the bureau’s motive behind investigation against the lawyer. “You issue notice when someone performs their duty, you insult people by calling them in. Is this why the Almighty chose you? You show them around police lockups and then even the Supreme Court fails to spot them for the next six months,” he remarked. Barring the NAB from summoning Salman Hamid for inquiry any longer, the chief justice said the lawyer could only be sent a questionnaire for investigation. Earlier in the day, the lawyer fraternity staged a protest against NAB’s inquiry on Hamid outside the apex court’s Karachi Registry. They chanted slogans against the corruption watchdog and were later called in at Court Number 1 by the CJP. Published in Daily Times, December 12th 2018.