SC rejects plea challenging NAB Ordinance 2019

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has rejected the plea challenging the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amendment Ordinance 2019.

Earlier the petitioner, Farrukh Nawaz filed the petition against NAB) Amendment Ordinance 2019 by raising objections on it but Supreme Court refused the hearing over the plea Farrukh Nawaz.

In his plea, the Ministry of Law and Justice, Prime Minister Imran Khan, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) were named as respondents.

Nawaz in his petition requesting the court to stop from being beyond powers of the Constitution and suspend its operation till the final decision on the petition.

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According to his plea, the new law was against the principle of elimination of exploitation provided in Article 3 and also against the Rule of Law and Procedure as contained in Article 4.

The NAB ordinance states that the NAB would not take action against the government employees. The property of a public servant cannot be frozen without a court order and if the NAB investigation was not completed within three months, the arrested public servant will be entitled to bail.

According to the ordinance, the NAB would only be able to prosecute over 50 million corruption and scams. NAB’s jurisdiction over matters relating to tax, stock exchange, IPOs will be abolished.