In a major blow to Imran Khan, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of government in the NAB amendments case on Friday.
The apex court approved the intra-court appeals filed against the September 15, 2023 majority judgment striking down the amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO).
The five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faiz Isa and comprising Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandukhel, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi announced the majority 5-0 verdict.
The verdict said that Imran Khan could not prove that NAB amendments were unconstitutional.
The verdict was reserved on June 06 on multiple appeals against the court’s September 15 verdict which was announced by then-CJP Umar Ata Bandial.
The majority judgment had struck down some amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999.
It is worth mentioning here that on September 15, 2023, a three-member SC bench led by then CJ Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah had nullified the NAB law amendments introduced during the PML-N led coalition government.
The third member of the bench, Justice Shah, had penned a dissenting note.
The bench had allowed the former prime minister’s petition challenging amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999 and ordered the restoration of corruption cases against public officeholders that were withdrawn following the tweaks.
