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Court Slams Forum Shopping in Accountability Cases | Pakistan News
The Islamabad High Court just slapped a heavy penalty on a petitioner who tried to game the system by filing overlapping cases across courts — fining him 100,000 rupees and dismissing his challenge to a property sealing order. The court ruled the case must stay in Peshawar’s Accountability Court, where the Kohistan scandal trial is already underway, citing the National Accountability Ordinance’s authority for NAB to assign cases anywhere in Pakistan regardless of location. The court also noted the petitioner’s prior attempt at the Peshawar High Court as further evidence of forum-shopping…
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