Fault doesn't lie in NAB law but in its misuse: SC.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court on Pakistan Thursday heard former PM Imran Khan's petition challenging amendments in the National Accountability (NAB) Ordinance by the government. A three-member SC bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, heard the case. During the course of proceedings, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, discussing the amendments in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, said that the error was not in the law but in its misuse. The Chief Justice told Imran Khan's lawyer Khawaja Haris that he was right that corruption was a disease and accountability of corruption was necessary for constitutional governance, adding the economy was also affected due to this problem. He said that the question before the court was where to draw the line that fundamental rights had been affected. The fault was not in the NAB law but in its misuse, he added. The Chief Justice said that corruption should be dealt with strictly. He asked if the court reached this conclusion, then what would be its benchmark? Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that the court on a daily basis took decisions on matters that conflict with fundamental rights and added if a citizen stated that there was no anti-corruption law in Pakistan, then should court should ask the Parliament to enact a law. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that those citizens would come again and stated that the law against corruption was not strict as people were being exempted, and give...

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