PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from arresting woman accused Atiya, who had been named in the Kohistan financial scandal.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Babar Sattar heard the petition.During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel, Hasnain advocate, told the court that NAB had issued his client a notice directing her to appear before the bureau and provide details regarding money allegedly transferred into her bank account.
He pleaded that an inquiry was already under way against the petitioner’s husband, who was currently on interim bail. He said the money in question had been transferred from her husband’s account.The court directed NAB to continue its inquiry but restrained the bureau from arresting the petitioner.
