ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday approved the intra-court appeals filed by the federal government and restored the amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 via the National Accountability (Amendment) Act, 2022.

Apex court’s larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faiz and comprising Justices Athar Minallah, Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhail, and Hasan Azhar Rizvi announced the 5-0 majority verdict today which was reserved on June 6.

Today’s judgement comes after a three-member bench — led by former chief justice Umar Ata Bandial including Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ijazul Ahsan — had struck down the amendments to the NAB law promulgated by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government in 2022 in response to the petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan.

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