Section 31A & 32 constitution of Pakistan, in the absence of Article 9 appeal trial guaranteeing the safety of the individual, the accused's case went abroad on 10 April 2000, while Chairman NAB issued a warrant arrest on 12 What was 1 2001 and later a trial court has been filed in the absence of the accused on the reference and sentence and sentence against it have been granted. Under Section 31A of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999, the proceedings began when he was not present in Pakistan. And even before he started proceedings, he went abroad and was unaware of the proceedings. Nothing was available on the record, which may indicate the fact that Chairman NAB issued an action against the accused in his address abroad. Then the prosecution failed to prove that fact. The accused had deliberately or intentionally prevented the case from appearing in the absence of an offense against Article 9 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court sentenced the accused in absentia to the exercise of jurisdiction over the appeal, and, after hearing the case, remanded him to a trial court. Twenty lakh rupees and the amount will be kept in safe custody until the end of the trial.
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