Islamabad: Sunday, President Dr. Arif Alvi sent back to Parliament for more thought the National Accountability (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which passed by the Senate and gives the NAB chief more power.
The president sent the bill to Congress under Article 75(1)(b) of the Constitution. He said that the Supreme Court was already considering changes. To the accountability laws that had been made in the past.
“Both the bill and the prime minister’s advice leave this part out,” he said.
The head of state said, “Further changes to the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 should be rethought. Without looking at a case that is already in court.”
This month, the Senate passed a bill to change the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, despite protests and chants from the Opposition. The bill had already put forward by the National Assembly.
Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar put forward the bill because senators from the opposition said that the changes were about one person and would make the body that fights corruption toothless.
The goal of the bill is to give the NAB chief more power. He will be able to transfer the case to a relevant agency, authority, or department or end an investigation if there is no case against the suspect.
