Summary PM's warning to NAB was an ultimatum to bring about improvements and rectify their mistakes.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The conflict between the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the government remains the topic of discussion as government sources during Dunya News program ‘Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Sath’ denied that there was any discussion going on at the Federal government level regarding the possibility of formation of an independent commission over NAB. The sources however revealed that Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s warning to the Bureau was an ultimatum for NAB to bring about improvements and rectify the mistakes in the system.
NAB’s former prosecutor General Irfan Qadir stated that the current tense atmosphere was created by politicians. Qadir stated that even though NAB should not have political goals but the points raised by the PM were not correct however. He stated that the PM’s charge sheet was an unusual step.
Meanwhile NAB sources have stated that reforms will be initiated in the Bureau.
Earlier there had been talks that the Federal government had started discussing limiting National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) powers as the Bureau started tightening its noose on corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. It is being said that the government’s legal team has advised the Federation on formation of a NAB Commission in order to restrict the authority of the Bureau’s Chairman.
Sources had stated that the votes of both the officials and NAB’s Chairman will carry equal weightage after which the Bureau’s overall powers will be restricted as the final decision on in any case will not be made by the Chairman but the Commission.
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