Court has more options other than terminating NAB amendments: CJP.

ISLAMABAD -- Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday remarked that it was not necessary to terminate the amendments in the NAB laws as the court had also more options and it was viewing betterment in laws.

He remarked that our society was suffering from the disease of corruption and there should be a balance between work for public benefits and taking individual advantages.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the petition of PTI's chief Imran Khan against the amendments in NAB laws.

The counsel of the federal government Makhdom Ali Khan informed the court that 159 members of the house had voted in favour of NAB amendments. The chief justice remarked that the question was that whether the attendance of opposition at time of legislation was necessary.

The CJP remarked that the courts were not a forum to resolve political conflicts. Whether it would increase the conflicts if the courts started to take decision on controversial matters.

He further said that there was also a political dispute in this case. The question was that how the court would defend and protect the constitution, he said.

The chief justice said the constitution stood for the nation and it also had to be viewed that to which extend the court could go in this case. The public office holders were also accountable, he...