Supreme court grants govt three months to decide on NAB laws

Author: Web Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has given the federal government three months to decide on the matter concerning Section 25 (a) of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999.

A 3-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah heard a 2016 suo motu case pertaining to NAB authorized pointers.

“If any of the NAB provisions is termed “unconstitutional”, the NAB will not stay functional,” he mentioned, while asking does the government wanted the court to order suspension of the NAB ordinance?

“The Supreme Court has [already] restricted the NAB from [using] plea bargain,” he said, adding that until legislation in the parliament the plea bargain power could not be used by the authority.

The top judge further observed that it was responsibility of the parliament to perform amendment in the NAB law.

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