A Five-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa resumed the hearing of the case pertaining to the implementation of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) verdict today (Tuesday) and has reserved the verdict till 1 pm.

During today’s proceedings, NAB declared its inability to take action against the appointment of Malik Qayyum, Adnan Khawaja and Ahmed Riaz in NRO implementation case.

The prosecutor general of NAB informed the court about the appointment of Adnan Khawaja as MD of OGDCL and told that NAB cannot take action against it as he was appointed by the prime minister.

The SC is due to announce the verdict by 1pm today.

The apex court had given January 10 as the deadline for implementing the NRO verdict and summoned certain officials including the federal law secretary and the prosecutor general of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to appear before the court today with their report.

Taking stern action, the apex court had earlier directed the government to implement the NRO verdict without any further delay.