ISLAMABAD – PMLN government to introduce ordinance within next 48 to 72hours to clip the NAB wings.
Only federal departments and their employees should fall under the NationalAccountability Bureau’s jurisdiction.
The anti-corruption watchdog’s chairman and director general will be liableto consult the prosecutor general for any arrests, proposes the bill.
Sources further said the bill, if approved, will bar NAB from freezingassets of any under-investigation suspect.
Earlier this year, in February, the Punjab Assembly expressed concern overthe arrest of former Lahore Development Authority Director General (DG)Ahad Cheema.
The provincial assembly demanded of the federal government to amend theNational Accountability Ordinance 1999 to prohibit the use of “illegalpowers”.