NAB law tweaks case: Imran Khan to appear before court via video link today

Former prime minister Imran Khan is set to appear in the Supreme Court on Thursday (today) as a petitioner through a video link in the case related to the amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (NAO) – the law that governs the country’s top graft buster, the National Accountability Bureau.

On Tuesday, a five-member apex court permitted the incarcerated PTI founder to appear before it in the case since he wanted to argue the matter personally.

The hearing is expected to resume at 11:30 am, according to the court order.

The federal government and the Punjab government were instructed by the SC to provide for the respondent to be able to hear the court proceedings via the video link.

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The government’s appeals against the NAB changes would be heard by the bench, which included Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, Justices Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Athar Minallah, and Justice Azhar Hasan Rizvi.

Previously, Khan had received significant relief from two federal capital courts in different cases, notably the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The former premier was cleared of all charges in a case brought against him at the Khanna police station about the Azadi March in 2022 by Judicial Magistrate Suhaib Bilal Ranjha.

This will be Khan’s first appearance before the apex court since his arrest from Zaman Park in August last year and conviction in the Toshakhana case.

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