Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said Tuesday that a three-member apex court bench hearing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s petition against the National Accountability (Amendment) Act, 2022 would announce a “short and sweet” verdict soon.
The three-member bench, headed by CJP Bandial, and comprising Justice Mansoor and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, heard Khan’s petition and reserved the judgment on the case, saying that the date of the verdict would be announced later.
At the start of the hearing today, the PTI legal counsel, Khawaja Haris presented his final arguments before the bench.
During his arguments, CJP Bandial remarked that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had submitted its reasons for the references returned by the accountability following tweaks in the law till May.
“The reasons for the withdrawal of the reference suggest that the law is biased,” he remarked, adding that the people whose references were returned have come on record.
“The first amendment was made to section 23 of the NAB law in May and the second in June. References returned before May are still with NAB. Who will answer these questions on behalf of NAB?” the CJP inquired.
To this, counsel Haris said that many pending cases had been returned after the amendments.
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