ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the law of National Accountability Bureau required serious reforms as it had been promulgated by a dictator to counter the politicians and meet his designs.
In an interview with a private television channel, the Prime Minister said a multiparty committee had taken up the task to review the law and had also evolved a consensus over a draft.
However, later, the exercise was politicized after panama issue surfaced making it difficult to implement such amended law in prevailing circumstance.
He said though there must be a process for accountability but it must be within the purview of the law and the constitution.
To a question, the prime minister said the present government will present annual budget by mid-May as the interim government had neither mandate to present the budget nor it will have such an experience.
He said it is only the politicians who go through accountability, not only after five years, rather daily, as they go to the masses.
The Prime Minister urged media to debate horse trading and reiterated to name and shame those who would reach senate without having any support of any party, or any provincial assembly member.
To a question about the financial action task force’s decision on Pakistan, he said things were reported out of context. It does not happen by committing any crime, rather it was an administrative issue.APP/AFP