NAB requests transfer of Toshakhana vehicles reference against Nawaz, Asif Zardari, Yousaf Gillani
Pakistan
This case doesn't fall under the jurisdiction of NAB after NAB Amendment
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has requested Islamabad’s accountability court to transfer Toshakhana reference to Special Judge Central court.
Islamabad accountability court heard the Toshakhana reference against Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Yousaf Raza Gillani.
During the hearing, NAB submitted the response on transfer of reference under the light of restoration of NAB Amendments in the court.
The response mentioned that the fraud worth more than 500 million came under the jurisdiction of NAB according to the NAB amendment.
This reference was worth 48.2 million therefore it couldn’t fall in the jurisdiction of NAB.
NAB Amendment
In 2022, amendments to the accountability laws were enacted by the then Pakistan Democratic Movement-led government.
These amendments brought about several changes to the NAB Ordinance (NAO) 1999, which included reducing the terms of the NAB chairman and prosecutor general to three years, restricting NAB’s jurisdiction to cases involving amounts over Rs500 million, and transferring all pending inquiries, investigations, and trials to the relevant authorities.
Following this, Imran Khan took the matter to the Supreme Court, challenging the amendments.
The Supreme Court on September 6 restored the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amendment Bill by accepting the appeals of the federal government and others.
A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, conducted hearing of the case and delivered verdict by a majority 5-0.
The verdict said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan couldn’t prove that the NAB Amendment Bill was unconstitutional.
