'NAB amendments made corruption cases' trial more complex'.

ISLAMABAD -- Supreme Court Justice Ijazul Ahsan on Monday said that the corruption could not be proven because of the complexity created in the cases' trial due to the NAB amendments.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, comprised of Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, heard the case against the NAB amendments.

PTI lawyer Khawaja Haris, while giving his arguments over the contradiction of the NAB amendments with basic human rights, said, "When all of the NAB cases were sent to the accountability courts, many of the people were freed from all the charges."With the acquittal of the corrupt people, the basic human rights of the masses have been directly affected.".

"Seems like you come up with a new point in the case after every weekend," CJP Umar Ata Bandial observed.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah questioned, "How are the basic human rights being violated with the NAB amendments? Could every other person move SC to say that the approved budget is not reasonable? "Will it be a violation of basic human rights if the FBR waives any individual's tax?"

The CJP stated, "There is a benchmark of the law, below from which there...

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