SC rejects NAB appeal against acquittal of PML-N leader Chaudhry Sher Ali.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) petition against the acquittal of PML-N leader and former Faisalabad mayor Chaudhry Sher Ali in a case against him.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khan Khosa said that the accountability watchdog had been unsuccessful in presenting a case against Ali.

Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said that a link between the suspect and the persons whose lands were allegedly illegally allotted by him could not be proven.

He said that not even one witnesses had said that they had recorded their statements under duress from Ali, adding: "If NAB's own witnesses say this, why does the suspect even need a defence team?"

"The suspect's job is to prove his assets. It is NAB's responsibility to prove assets that don't belong to the suspect," the chief justice remarked.

During the proceedings, the NAB prosecutor said that Ali had...