lahore

October 5, 2017

NAB authority to issue arrest warrants challenged in SC

LAHORE :A constitutional petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging power of accountability courts to issue arrest warrants for procuring attendance of suspects before it for being a violation of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999.  Advocate Azhar Siddique filed the petition at Lahore registry pleading that an accused is always innocent until proven guilty and on the basis of principals of settled laws after filing of a reference, accountability court has no...