Responding to the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate amendments to theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) Act, former Prime Minister and PML-Nleader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi expressed his longstanding position during anexclusive interview with ARY News.
Abbasi emphasized that he had previously advocated for the dissolution ofthe National Accountability Bureau, and he believed that the consequencesof facing corruption charges would now be borne by all. He firmly assertedthat he had warned that progress in the country would be hampered as longas NAB remained in existence.
During the interview, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reiterated his proposal toexpedite the proceedings of corruption cases against the ruling party on adaily basis. He lamented that his recommendations had gone unheard in thepast, and now, he believed that the nation would have to bear therepercussions of those decisions.
Abbasi further asserted that the cases to be filed would primarily targetpoliticians, criticizing the NAB as an institution that had been inoperation for 24 years but had failed to secure convictions in numerouscorruption cases. In his critique of the National Accountability Bureau,the former Prime Minister branded it as a completely ineffectiveinstitution that would only bring disaster to the country.
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He highlighted the absence of significant convictions in the corruptioncases handled by NAB over the years, suggesting that this reflected itsinability to fulfill its intended role. Abbasi’s statements underscored hislongstanding concerns about NAB’s impact on the political landscape andgovernance in Pakistan.
