PM gives NRO to himself by bringing NAB (Amend) Ordinance: Shehbaz Sharif

Opposition Leader of National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, in a tweet, said that if anyone had a doubt about how the NAB-Niazi nexus worked to target the opposition, this amendment in NAB laws shows their devilish mentality.

Shehbaz Sharif added that this is clearly political victimization in the guise of accountability.

A day earlier, the federal government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) took back the authority of removing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman from the Supreme Judicial Council and gave it to the president in a new amendment ordinance.

عمران خان نے نیب آرڈیننس میں تیسری ترمیم کے ذریعے خود کو اور اپنی حکومت کو این آر او دیا ہے۔ اگر اس بارے میں کوئی شک تھا کہ نیب/نیازی گٹھ جوڑ نے اپوزیشن کو نشانہ بنانے کے لیے کس طرح کام کیا ہے، تو یہ ترمیم اس شیطانی ذہنیت کا واضح مظہر ہے۔ یہ احتساب کی آڑ میں سراسر سیاسی انتقام ہے

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) November 2, 2021

In the new draft, the cases pertaining to cheating and fraud have been again handed over to the anti-graft watchdog. There will be no relief for Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

The ordinance mentioned that till the installation of electronic devices, the manner of recording of evidence already in place shall be continued by using the old system.