The federal government has decided to file a review petition against the Supreme Court judgment in the NAB amendment case, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.
Sources informed that the review petition would be filed in the Supreme Court on October 13.
On September 15, a three-judge SC bench headed by ex-chief justice Umar Ata Bandial struck down some sections of the amendments made to the country’s accountability laws last year by the previous coalition government, restoring corruption cases against public representatives.
The verdict was announced on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s 2022 petition challenging the amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO).
It was a 2-1 verdict, with Justice Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan declaring Imran Khan’s plea to be maintainable and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah issuing a dissenting note, arguing that if parliament could enact the NAB law, it could also repeal or amend it.
The 55-page detailed judgement restored all inquiries, investigations and references that were disposed of based on the now struck-down sections of NAO to their positions before the amendments, and thus deemed to be pending before relevant forums.
Reporter Amanat Gishkori