The Supreme Court has barred all accountability courts from pronouncing final verdicts in all cases.
The apex court issued the directions that the final verdicts should not be pronounced on trials in any case till the next hearing. It also rejected lawyer Farooq H Naek’s request for suspending the order nullifying the NAB law amendments.
After the detailed decision of the Practice and Procedure Act is issued, the intra-court appeal against the amendments to the NAB law can be fixed, the court announced.
It also issued notices to the PTI chairman, attorney general, and all advocate generals.
Earlier today, the court resumed hearing an intra-court appeal against its decision to nullify the NAB law amendments.
A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa is hearing the appeals. The bench also includes Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, and Justice Azhar Rizvi.
Under the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act, this is the first intra-court appeal against an SC decision.
Former chief justice Umar Ata Bandial had declared the NAB law amendments of 2022 null and void on an application of former prime minister Imran Khan. The federal government had filed an appeal against the annulment under the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act.
The CJP told the lawyer to wait till a detailed verdict on the Practice and Procedure Act and then the appeal can be fixed.
