Supreme Court of Pakistan. — Photo by AFP

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed the hearing in the Haj corruption case, DawnNews reported.

A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was hearing the case.

During today’s hearing, Inspector-General of Gilgit-Baltistan police Hussain Asghar who was heading the FIA team investigating the scam when he was appointed IGP GB failed to appear before the court.

Chief Justice Iftikhar said if Asghar fails to appear in court by tomorrow (Thursday), he would have to be dismissed.

The chief justice said that the court was giving its last notice to the bureaucracy in the matter of Asghar.

He moreover inquired as to why Asghar had not been suspended already.