Accountability law to be amended under CoD, says President

ISLAMABAD: Federal Law Minister Farooq H. Naik briefed the President on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law and the amendments proposed in it here in Presidency on Saturday.

Briefing the President the Law minister gave the background of how the NAB law was enacted over a decade ago for the so called accountability of corrupt elements but had actually been misused for political ends.

He said that amendment to the NAB law could be made only with the approval of the President as NABO had been included in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution under the 17th amendment which states that the laws mentioned in it can be amended only with the approval of the President.

The President remarked that the proposed changes in the law should be discussed in the Cabinet for finalization before they are submitted to the Presidency.

The President remarked that the Pakistan Peoples Party was committed in the Charter of Democracy to amend the accountability law so that it could not be used for social and political engineering by vested interests.

The Charter of Democracy states that the politically motivated NAB will be abolish and replaced by a independent Accountability Commission whose Chairman will be appointed jointly by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition with the advise and consensus of a joint parliamentary committee.

The meeting was also attended by Attorney General of Pakistan Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa, Sherry Rehman, Minister for Information and the officials of the relevant ministries.