Times of Islamabad

Federal government takes decision on NAB plea to declare Bureau as Civil Service

Federal government takes decision on NAB plea to declare Bureau as Civil Service

The government has rejected a summary of the National Accountability Bureau(NAB) seeking abolition of its autonomy by declaring the Bureau as a CivilService Occupational Group.

The government has rejected the summary seeking the abolition of the NAB’sautonomy and also dismissed the suggestion to end the independence of theNAB chairman.

The NAB has sent the summary to the government and demanded that employmentin the bureau be declared as a Civil Service Occupational Group.

The Ministry of Law also wrote a letter to the NAB stating that employmentin the Bureau cannot be declared civil servant.

The letter further stated that the NAB would not remain an independentinstitution if suggestions proposed by the Bureau were given a green signal.

It also added that the independence of the NAB chairman will also beculminated by doing so.