SC begins hearing appeals challenging NAB law amendments

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Thursday is hearing intra-court appeals against the annulment of the the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law amendments.

The appeals are being heard by a five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan also appeared in court via video link from the Adiala jail.

During the last hearing, SC had asked lawyer Khawaja Haris to meet his client, the PTI founder, in the jail.

It should be noted that Khan had challenged the NAB law amendments.

A three-member SC bench had declared NAB law amendments null and void on Khan’s plea. The federal government has also filed intra-court appeals against the decision of the three-member bench.