Justice Shah surprised by amount of time devoted to the case when no rights breach has been highlighted in hearings . Justice Shah was a member of the three-judge Supreme Court bench hearing challenges to the Aug amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance NAO by former prime minister Imran Khan .
CJP Umar Ata Bandial regretted that through the amendments the entire law had been put in disarray . He said that NAB was a bad draconian law with an objective to teach politicians a lesson and keep civil servants at bay and as a result decisionmaking process has been paralysed .
The CJP also conceded that the NAB law has been made humane now by reducing the day remand . But the element of retrospective effect meant to benefit the accused by implementing it from the backdate was questionable was questionable, CJP said. The important point here is if the money cannot be recovered then liability also cannot be imposed .
The court appreciated that the CJP however appreciated the court had great respect for the counsel and his intellect. He observed that the parliament was very busy during the month of August since it passed many laws but the practice and procedure was a low priority.
He said NAB is still the speedy institution in picking up the people without any concrete evidence. The counsel retorted that Nab was still the speedless institution in pick up the person without any direct evidence. He added that NNA was still a speedy institution.
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