SC directs NAB to file record of returned references

CJP Bandial says apex court still looking for criteria to test NAB law and the Bureau will be asked where returning references are going n There is a possibility that returned references may be refiled or go to another court.

 

ISLAMABAD    -   The Supreme Court of Paki­stan Tuesday directed the National Accountability Bu­reau (NAB) to secure the re­cords of returned referenc­es and submit their details. 

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah conduct­ed hearing of the constitu­tional petition of PTI Chair­man Imran Khan against the amendments in the NAO 1999. The bench also directed the NAB prosecu­tor to digitize the record. Khawaja Haris, appearing on behalf of PTI chief Im­ran Khan, argued that ref­erences are being returned fast and do not know where they are going. He stated that major cases, in­cluding the Rental Power case, were disposed of af­ter the amendments in the NAB making third-party fi­nancial benefits out of the anti-graft body’s purview

 

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