Pakistan, July 16 -- RAWALPINDI - In a significant development, the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench has suspended a decision by the accountability court in the graft case against former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi. This provides major relief to the senior politician facing ongoing legal troubles.

The two-member bench, led by Justice Shahram Sarwar and Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi, issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) during the hearing of Elahi's writ petition. The court also exempted him from appearing in person before the NAB court until further proceedings.

Parvez Elahi's legal team, including Sardar Abdul Razzaq Khan and Aamir Saeed Raan, argued that the former chief minister is elderly and c...