ISLAMABAD
The Supreme Court has sought details of the NAB cases sent back by the Accountability Courts to the Bureau after the amendments in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999.
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, and comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah heard former prime minister Imran Khan’s petition against the amendments in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999.
The TLTP learnt that the bench also told the NAB prosecutor to provide the details of amount recovered through plea bargain. During the proceeding, the chief justice said it was not the job of the apex court to resolve disputes of the parliamentarians. It added the legislators should resolve their disputes themselves. He asked the NAB prosecutor to inform who are those people benefited from the amendments in NAO.
Justice Mansoor questioned how many cases were sent back to the NAB and how many cases were closed. He said they wanted to know the truth about the cases became ineffective and ended due to the amendments. The NAB prosecutor informed that none of the cases before the Accountability Courts were closed. However, he told that the cases sent back to NAB were shifted to other relevant forums. Justice Mansoor further asked the prosecutor also submit the details of NAB cases, which were decided on merits. Justice Ijaz remarked that many cases automatically became ineffective after the amendment that all corruption cases involving an amount below Rs500 million would not come under NAB’s purview.
