Former president Asif Ali Zardari arrives in a court for a hearing. AP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on a set of appeals filed by former president Asif Ali Zardari seeking transfer of corruption references to any accountability court in Karachi from Islamabad.
Headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, the three-judge bench also issued notices to all respondents in the petition namely the presiding officer of accountability court, Islamabad; former prime ministers Yousuf Raza Gillani and Nawaz Sharif, and former CEO of Summit Bank Hussain Lawai.
During the hearing, the court observed that it had to determine under what situation the Supreme Court had ordered fixing of the corruption references in the Islamabad accountability courts instead of Karachi courts.
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SC to take up Zardari’s pleas on NAB cases tomorrow
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December 14, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hear former president and Co-chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari’s petitions regarding transfer of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references against him from accountability court-II Islamabad to an accountability court in Karachi on Tuesday (tomorrow).
A three-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi would hear the petitions.
Zardari has moved four separate petitions seeking transfer of four corruption references against him from the Islamabad accountability court to any other accountability court in Karachi.