ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court rejected the plea seeking a live broadcast of the hearing of the National Accountability (NAB) Ordinance 1999 amendment case featuring PTI founder Imran Khan via video link from Adiala Jail.
The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed hearing a case about changes in accountability laws, with the bench deciding not to live-stream the proceedings in a 4-1 ruling.
A five-member SC larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, and also comprising Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Athar Minallah, and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi on Thursday resumed hearing a case.
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The apex court bench decided against the plea seeking a live stream of the proceeding in a 4-1 ruling with only Justice Athar Minullah supporting the request.
During the previous hearing on May 16, which wasn’t broadcast live, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) incarcerated founder Imran Khan appeared before the court via video link after the former prime minister expressed his wish to present his own arguments in the case.
Before the commencement of the hearing today, Justice Minallah had called for the live streaming of the proceedings of the said case. “The hearing should be broadcast live since this was the case before as well,” the judge said.
