ISLAMABAD: PTI government draft ordinance aimed at taking away draconianpowers from the NAB Chairman.
A draft ordinance takes away draconian powers of the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB), its chairman and other officials,writes TariqButt.
Regardless of the government’s stand, a reading of the paper leaves nodoubt that it has been prepared by a professional draftsman, who knows theNational Accountability Ordinance (NAO) and how laws are written.
Last year also, a draft ordinance, drastically changing the NAO, waspublicly released precisely in the same manner. The government haddiscarded it as well.
“We have no knowledge of what has been broadcast by TV channels.
The government has not so far discussed any such thing with us,” formerNational Assembly Speaker and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq remarked to The News when contacted.
Read Top Stories
However, a cabinet member told him on Wednesday in a meeting of aparliamentary panel that the government will first discuss the new NABordinance with its allies and then share it with the opposition partiesnext week.
“We will shortly give the drafts of different laws to the opposition fortheir input,” the cabinet member was quoted as saying. Adviser to the PrimeMinister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan is keen to get the fate of 39government bills pending disposal in Parliament decided without any delay.
He wants to discuss these pieces of legislation with the opposition sothat they sail through Parliament.
