Supreme Court issued its verdict in NRO case on Tuesday and asked CJ to form larger bench

A five member bench of the Supreme Court has decided to refer the six options relating to the NRO implementation case to the Chief Justice for constitution of a larger bench for hearing of these options.

The Supreme Court said in its order that the government has not implemented the verdict of apex court despite the lapse of two years and the responsible are being protected.

 

“Apparently the prime minister is not an honest man and he violated his oath,” the apex court observed

 

The Supreme Court regretted the chairman NAB and attorney general’s statements during the hearing of the case.
 
The bench has given six options to proceed with the case.
 
1: Contempt proceedings against the Chief Executive and the Federal Secretary.
 2: To indict the prime minister under Article 63(1)(g) and declare disqualified to be elected as member of parliament.

 3: The court may form a commission to get the verdict implemented.

 4: To take action against the President for violating the constitution

 5: Contempt proceedings against Chairman NAB may be initiated on misconduct.

 6: The people of Pakistan may decide the matter

 

The court also recommended the case to the chief justice to form a larger bench to hear the case on January 16.

Earlier, the case was heard by a five-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa. During the hearing, Justice Khosa said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) declared Ahmed Riaz Sheikh and Adnan Khwaja as innocent without conducting proper inquiries.

Justice Khosa moreover inquired of NAB officials as to what became of action against former attorney-general Malik Qayyum.

To that, NAB’s Prosecutor-General K K Agha said that Qayyum had been following court orders and that his actions were not illegal.

 He further said that no criminal intentions were involved in the appointment of Ahmed Riaz Sheikh.