Govt ready to sit with opposition on issues of public interest: Shahzad Akbar

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister’s Adviser on Accountability and Interior Shahzad Akbar has said that the government is ready to sit with the opposition for dialogue but only on issues of public interest.

Addressing Monday’s Senate session, the Adviser said the government can think of amending NAB laws in the best interest of the public, not safeguarding any individual’s corruption.

Shahzad Akbar said Pakistan’s accountability regime is in line with international democracies and it is bound to have an accountability bureau under the United Nations’ Convention on corruption. Latest rulings of FATF also suggest making anti-corruption laws more stringent.

Rejecting the opposition’s accusation of political victimization in NAB cases, he said that most of the cases against opposition leaders were registered in their own governments, which vindicates PTI’s stance of non-interference in NAB affairs.