ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan appeared before Supreme Court through video link in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) amendments case.
A 5-member bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazu Faez Usa is hearing the case while Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi are part of the bench.
PTI founder Imran Khan was appeared in the Supreme Court via video link from Adiala Jail, Imran Khan was wearing a light blue shirt.
At the beginning of the hearing, the Chief Justice asked the Attorney General, has the video link been established. On this, the Attorney General said that the Video link has been established.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court had declared null and void the NAB amendments, against which the federal and provincial governments had filed intra-court appeals, while the founder PTI had requested to appear on its own in the NAB amendments case. The SC allowed the appearance of founder PTI through video link.
During the hearing, the lawyer was giving arguments to the federal government, during which the Chief Justice directed Makhdoom Ali Khan to give his arguments in a loud voice so that the founder PTI on the video link could also hear.
Makhdoom Ali, the lawyer of the federal government, said that the issue of NAB amendments is pending in the Islamabad High Court.
Justice Athar Minallah asked whether the pending application in the High Court was approved for hearing. On which lawyer Makhdoom Ali said yes, it was declared admissible.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa said that instead of suspending the law, he wanted to hear and decide on a daily basis, suspending the law is also tampering with the system.
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After that, the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of the appeals against the nullification of the NAB amendments for an indefinite period.
