Pakistan, July 25 -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has ruled that it does not have jurisdiction to hear cases filed under the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, directing that such matters now fall within the jurisdiction of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC).

Pronouncing the reserved verdict on Friday, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, who headed the three-member bench consisting of Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, said the Federal Constitutional Court would hear principal appeals and bail petitions in NAB cases.

Justice Mazhar authored the 30-page judgement while Justice Hilali wrote an additional note. The ruling stated that Sections 32 and 32A of the NAB law do not confer jurisdiction on the Supre...