NAB not relieved in restoration of 10-year disqualification case

Islamabad: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) could not get immediate relief from the court on the issue of 10-year disqualification of persons convicted by NAB.

According to the details, NAB filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the decision to reduce the 10-year disqualification of convicted persons to five years, which the court has fixed for hearing on January 4.

Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Saman Rifat of IHC heard the main appeal of NAB, in which Senior Special Prosecutor NAB Muhammad Rafi appeared before the court and held that the decision was pronounced against Faiq Ali Jamali in nine references in Balochistan. A single bench judgment is being presented in the cases of election commission.

The court asked why you filed a separate application. On this, the NAB prosecutor said that tomorrow (January 3) is the last date to file an appeal on the nomination papers for the election.

On the stand of the NAB prosecutor, the court said that this is not our problem, the day after tomorrow i.e. January 4 we will hear this miscellaneous application with the main appeal and then we will see.

Later, the court adjourned further hearing on the application till January 4.