SC reserves ruling on jurisdictional dispute with FCC over authority to hear bail applications in pending NAB appeals

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday reserved its ruling on a thorny jurisdictional dispute over whether it retains the authority to hear bail applications in pending National Accountability Bureau (NAB) appeals, or if such pleas must be transferred to the newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) under the 27th Amendment of the Constitution. Headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, a three-judge SC bench —also consisting of Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Shahid Bilal H...

By [email protected] (Nasir Iqbal)