ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau on Monday to submit an explanation about the utilisation NAB`s resources.

The directive was issued by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja during the hearing of a case pertaining to making recovery by NAB for a private bank.

The bureau sought cancellation of the bail of a defaulter of the bank, Mohammad Tariq.

The chief justice said that as per Section 51-D of the NAB Ordinance, the bureau could not conduct recovery operations for a private bank without approval of the governor of the State Bank. A case could be made against NAB if it had not sought the required approval, he warned.

He said NAB did not lay hands on defaulters involved in corruption of billions of rupees.-APP