*ISLAMABAD – A key decision has been taken by both the government and theopposition over the issue of amendments in the NAB laws.*
*The government and the opposition have agreed over amendments in theexisting accountability law.*
The Ministry of Law has prepared a draft of the amendments in the existingNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, according to sources.
The amended law suggests restrictions on the blanket powers of the ChairmanNAB, sources said.
The new text of the law also proposes withdrawal of the plea bargain powersfrom the NAB and it will be deemed in future as part of the acceptance ofoffence, sources said.
The new accountability law also curtails existing 90 days’ period of NABremand to 14 days.
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Recently, the Supreme Court in a hearing had set the date for the amendmentin the ‘plea bargain’ clause of the accountability law.
In a suo motu hearing Justice Azmat Saeed had said that the “plea bargainlaw of NAB” should be amended till February 2019 otherwise the court willset aside the law.
The apex court asked the parliament to amend the accountability lawallowing voluntary return of plundered money, by February next year elsethe court would pass an appropriate order on the matter.
