Another review plea filed against SC NAB law verdict.

ISLAMABAD -- Another application for review has been filed in the Supreme Court against its decision to declare the amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999 null and void.

The plea had been filed by Farooq H Naek Advocate on behalf of former OGDCL managing director Basharat Mirza.

The application adopted the stance that the top court had announced the verdict against the National Accountability Court (NAB) amendments without hearing them.

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The petitioner maintained that it was not decided before the apex court verdict which fundamental rights of the petitioner had been affected, adding that the legislative powers of the parliament had been reduced after invalidating the NAB amendments.

The plea urged the top court to declare its September 15 judgment null and void while making PTI Chairman Imran Khan, federation and NAB parties in the case.

Last week, the federal government had decided to file an appeal in the apex court against its verdict to declare amendments in NAB law null and void.

Sources maintained that the appeal would be filed in the next few days through the law ministry.

In a highly anticipated verdict on September 15, the Supreme Court in a majority decision allowed Imran Khan's petition challenging amendments made to the NAO 1999 by the PDM-led...