ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has withdrawn the new Toshakhana case filed against Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf(PTI) founder Imran Khan from the accountability court.
A hearing was held on the application for bail in the new Toshakhana reference against founder PTI. Lawyer Salman Safdar said that a new Toshakhana case will not be created after NAB amendments and restoration.
He said that there is no crime under the current law.
The NAB prosecutor argued that after the restoration of the NAB amendments, the new Toshakhana reference has gone out of the jurisdiction of the NAB.
NAB withdrew the new Toshakhana case from the accountability court.
Accountability Court judge Muhammad M. Ali Warraich took a 3-hour break in the hearing and later passed the decision to transfer new Toshakhana to Reference Special Judge Central.
The Accountability Court ordered that bail applications in the new Toshakhana case will be heard by the concerned court. The new Toshakhana case will be heard by the relevant court on September 10.
It should be noted that in recent days, Imran Khan sought exemption from the Accountability Court in the £190 million reference by resorting to the Supreme Court's decision on NAB amendments and filed his acquittal petition.
NAB amendments were declared unconstitutional by the founder PTI and approached the Supreme Court and after losing the case from the Supreme Court, now based on this decision, he sought acquittal from the accountability court.
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The accountability court had adjourned the hearing on PTI founder's plea of acquittal till September 10.
