Modaraba case: AC prevented from hearing corruption reference
The bench was informed the petitioners were arrested in a modaraba case
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PESHAWAR:
The Peshawar High Court has stopped an accountability court from hearing a corruption reference filed against a couple arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) K-P in a modaraba scam.
Rahman said the case was under trial at an accountability court. According to the counsel, this was not a modaraba case but a monetary dispute between the petitioners and a group of women. He said a civil suit regarding this dispute was also under trial at a local court in Mardan district and, as per the law, NAB has no authority to arrest anyone in private monetary disputes.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 4th, 2016.
The Peshawar High Court has stopped an accountability court from hearing a corruption reference filed against a couple arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) K-P in a modaraba scam.
A division bench, headed by Justice Qaiser Rasheed, heard a writ petition filed by Iftikhar Hussain and his wife, Neelam Pari, through their counsel, Aminur Rahman.
The bench was informed the petitioners were arrested in a modaraba case. The couple was subsequently released on bail.
Rahman said the case was under trial at an accountability court. According to the counsel, this was not a modaraba case but a monetary dispute between the petitioners and a group of women. He said a civil suit regarding this dispute was also under trial at a local court in Mardan district and, as per the law, NAB has no authority to arrest anyone in private monetary disputes.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 4th, 2016.