ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday announced to present National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amendment Ordinance 2019 in the Parliament asking parliamentarians to put forth workable and positive suggestions for further improving the ordinance.
In a statement, he rejected the impression that NAB is being used for arm-twisting of political opponents adding that the ordinance has its due period and then it will be forwarded to parliament where the opposition will also present its stance on it.
This draft law will be brought to Parliament for legislation, the foreign minister said, asking parliamentarians to give suggestions, if they wish, in this regard.
He said that reforms in the NAB law were long overdue as a special parliamentary committee was also set up during the previous PML-N tenure for the purpose.
The body did a lot of work on the reforms but unfortunately, couldn’t finish the assigned task, he added.
FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi stressed the incumbent government has floated a proposal in the shape of the ordinance.
Qureshi said evidence gathered by the anti-graft watchdog in many cases appeared incomplete while the prosecution’s arguments were weak in other cases, which benefited the people who looted the national exchequer.
He said NAB could be revamped with loopholes addressed adequately to make it more effective.
FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the NAB will be completely free in his action and investigations.
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