****ISLAMABAD: **The National Accountability Commission Bill, which is due to be presented in the National Assembly today (Monday), states that cases older than 10 years will not be reopened, according to a copy made available to Express News.
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The bill adds that no one will have immunity in any case, be it the president, prime minister, governor, speaker, auditor general, attorney general or retired officers of the armed forces.
According to Express News, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) is likely to vote against the bill as their suggestions were not included in the final draft.
The government had earlier claimed that the bill will be passed in the assembly only when all the stakeholders have agreed to its clauses.
The approval of the bill will result in the formation of a new National Accountability Commission which will repeal the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 in favour of a new accountability law.
The chairman of the commission will either be a retired judge of the Supreme Court or a Grade-22 officer. Similarly, the deputy chairman will be a retired judge of the high courts or a Grade-21 officer. The chairman will be appointed by the president for three years after holding talks with the prime minister and the opposition parties.
In case the prime minister and opposition parties fail to reach a consensus, then two names will be sent to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice for the post of the chairman.
The bill has been languishing since April 2009 due to differences with the opposition.
Re: New accountability bill bars reopening of 10 years old cases
***ISLAMABAD: **The National Accountability Commission Bill, which is due to be presented in the National Assembly today (Monday), states that cases older than 10 years will not be reopened, according to a copy made available to *Express News.
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Of course. The actual corruption is older than 10 years. This happens when you make a thief custodian of law. Nothing surprising.
Re: New accountability bill bars reopening of 10 years old cases
Excellent, loot the nation, get out of country. Come back through NRO, loot again and get out, wait for 10 years. Another idiot like Musharraf will have signed another NRO. Continue with the loot cycle :k:
Re: New accountability bill bars reopening of 10 years old cases
Just some addition…“…loot the nation, get out of country…” let sons get in and take the charge while they ‘recuperate’ in London, the official retreat and ‘offseason capital’ of Pakistan.
There is “no harm” in corruption for a Balochistan minister who believes “some sort” of corruption should be done in the “backward” province. Speaking to the media, Communications Minister Ali Madad Jatak confessed that there was corruption in Balochistan but insisted the province ranked last in terms of corruption in all the four provinces. Jatak said corruption was found on a large scale in Punjab while “Balochistan is on the fourth position”. “There is no harm in some sort of corruption which should be done,”…
Re: New accountability bill bars reopening of 10 years old cases
You gotta bury the hatchet somewhere. All these politicians have dirty pasts and therefore need something like an NRO. Otherwise, we'll have perpetual witch hunts by the ruling party against their opponents.
The NRO should have been left the way it was. It would have been better to prevent future corruption by strengthening laws and their enforcement.