SC dismisses three out of five petitions against NRO

A Supreme Court bench dismissed three petitions against National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on Wednesday morning, as the petitioners Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Shahbaz Sharif and Tariq Asad did not pursue the petitions.
Three out of the five constitutional petitions were earlier filed against the National Reconciliation Ordinance.
A five-member special Bench of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and four other judges Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, Justice Muhammad Ijaz Yusuf and Justice Ijazul Hassan heard the petitions.
Dr. Mubasshar Hassan, Muslim League-N’s president Shahbaz Sharif, Jamaat-e-Islami Amir, Qazi Hussain Ajmad, Roedad Khan and Tariq Asad Advocate had filed the petitions against the NRO issued by President Pervez Musharraf.