IHC declares NAB notices to Imran Khan, wife as unlawful

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday declared the notices from the National Accountability Court (NAB) to PTI chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case as unlawful, ARY News reported.

Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi had challenged the NAB summons to them in Toshakhana inquiry.

A division bench of the IHC, comprised of Chief Justice Aamir Farooque and Justice Babar Sattar, announced the verdict.

“The first notices by the NAB, served to Imran Khan and his spouse are unlawful,” the bench said in its decision.

The high court had earlier summoned the NAB over notices to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in Toshakhana case.

Bushra Bibi, in her challenge to the NAB call-up notices in the high court stated that the court should declare the NAB call-up notices illegal and the inquiry should be barred from making changes in the investigation till the final verdict.

The Toshakhana issue has become a sticking point in national politics after the Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified the PTI chief for making “false statements and incorrect declaration.”