During a case hearing on Wednesday, the SupremeCourt of Pakistan sought a list of beneficiaries of the NAB amendments.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ijazul Ahsan on Wednesday heard a petition filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan challenging the amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO).
At the outset of the hearing, Chief Justice Bandial inquired of the NAB to inform the court as to how many references were returned after the amendments were made to the NAO. The NAB submitted one report in December and another in January.
The court, however, directed the bureau to submit a fresh list of the beneficiaries of the NAB amendments. The chief justice further remarked that the court would see how the law was applied from the past after the amendments.
The chief justice remarked that the important point in this case is that the entire law has been falsified. In practice, many of the offences in this case were either expunged or the evidentiary procedure was altered by the amendments, he added.
The top judge went on to say that the process of evidence was made very difficult, immunity was also given through the NAB amendments and a limit of Rs500 million was set.
