The government of Pakistan has made preparations for Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s presence in the Supreme Court via the virtual address in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) amendments case. Which will be heard today.
This will be Khan’s first appearance since his arrest in Toshkhana’s case last August.
The administration of Adiala Jail has made complete arrangements for the former Pakistan prime minister for his virtual court appearance
But they have also added that it depends on Imran Khan’s decision to appear before the court or not.
Earlier, the apex court allowed khan to attend court proceedings in NAB’s amendment’s case virtually.
The Five-member bench consisting of, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Mandokhail, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Hassan Azhar, has already heard government pleas, challenging NAB amendments judgement.
Earlier, these judges also had a discussion among themselves, and later, ordered both federal and Punjab government to facilitate khan’s presence via video link from Adiala Jail.
However, under Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Law, the federal government filed review plea and declared Federation of Pakistan, National Accountability Bureau and PTI founder respondents.
In addition, it also pleaded the court, to nullify their judgement, saying that there is not violation of basic rights under the NAB amendments. “Legislation is the right of Parliament.” said the plea.
Meanwhile, in September last year, pakistan’s top court, removed amendments, which were made to National Accountability Bureau laws.
In a 2-1 majority verdict, the apex court also approved Imran khan’s plea, which challenged the amendments made during the previous Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government.
As a result, court also restored graft cases against public officers, that got closed down after NAB law amendments.