KP govt moves SC for live coverage of NAB case

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking live telecast of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Ordinance 1999 amendment case.

As per details, the petition was filed by Additional Attorney General Kausar Ali Shah stating that public interest cases are live-streamed by Bench I, but the NAB amendment case was not live-streamed.

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The plea stated that this move was tantamount to discriminatory behavior. The government requests that the court order a live broadcast of the case’s proceedings.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Supreme Court had allowed a video-link facility for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Ordinance 1999 amendment case.