Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi get relief in Toshakhana case.

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court declared on Saturday the notices issued by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case illegal.

The latest victory for the former prime minister came during the hearing of his and Bushra Bibi's pleas challenging the call-up notices issued on February 17 and March 16, by the anti-graft watchdog.

The petitions filed under Section 19 of the National Accountability (second amendment) Act 2022, moved the court to declare the NAB call-up notices illegal, as well as the disciplinary action against the petitioners based on the call-up notices. The seven-page verdict stated that the call-up notices sent by NAB possessed no legal effect.

It stated that it was "needless to observe that NAB shall be at liberty to issue fresh notices to the petitioners in line with the observations made hereinabove as well as law on the subject". Citing Section 19(e) of the NAB amendment act 2022, the verdict stated that the provision under the section wasn't followed which makes it compulsory that an individual is being summoned as an accused or witness. Moreover, the verdict stated that said that the Sindh High Court had also laid down the principles in a case back in 2007. These...