The intra-court appeal, filed by NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, requested the court to set aside the LHC single bench’s order that was unveiled on June 3. It said the LHC bench allowed the mills to register the upgraded charges of the SECP despite the fact that the mills shareholders – the family of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif – are facing NAB references. So the appeal of NAB was dismissed owing to being non maintainable,” it noted. A single-bench led by Justice Ayesha A Malik on June 3 allowed a petition filed by Ramzan Sugar Mills against non-registration of its upgraded charges by the SECP. The single-bench had, however, allowed the mills petition.

Source: The Express Tribune October 24, 2020 16:30 UTC