Islamabad High Court Restricts Multiple Jurisdictions in National Accountability Bureau Cases

IHC bars invoking multiple jurisdictions in NAB cases

• Notes petitioner had already approached PHC over the same property and order ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a constitutional petition challenging the se­­aling of a house in the federal capit­­al, holding that the matter falls wi­­thin the exclusive jurisdiction of the Accountability Court in Pesha­war, where a reference arising from the al­­­­leged Kohistan scandal is pending. The court also imposed special costs of Rs100,000 on the petitioner for what it termed “f...

By [email protected] (Malik Asad)