CJP says NAB amendments made by incomplete assembly
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Atta Bandial on Tuesday remarked the recent amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ordinance will slide Pakistan 100 points down in the world corruption index.
\nThe Supreme Court of Pakistan bench comprising the CJP, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah heard Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s plea against the amendments. Khawaja Harris, the lawyer representing Mr Khan in the court, said if executive did not perform its duties, people were left with the option to move to the SC.
\nThe CJP remarked incomplete National Assembly passed the amendments adding the SC could not find a law that dealt with the authority of an incomplete assembly to enact laws. The CJP further said the deficiencies in system halted the government to ensure accountability adding the wrong use of NAB amendments ruined the businesses of people.
\nJustice Ijaz ul Ahsan remarked the amendments benefitted only those who enacted them adding only an iota of powerful people from the party were running the affairs of the whole party. Justice Ijaz further said the amenments were enacted in haste adding if they were passed with ill intentions, how could they lead to betterment.
\nTalking about the system, the justice remarked corruption was not the only problem but the underlying system was adding no attempts were made to improve the system. It was the duty of the parliament to enact laws to improve the system and ensure action on them, the justice added.
\nJustice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked Pakistan was on the 80 th spot in the corruption ranking before the amendments were enacted adding the country would slide down further in the new ranking set to be released after the amendment.
\nHarris said if enactments served someone\u2019s interest, they are termed as \u201cregulatory capture\u201d to which the CJP asked whether recent amendments should be termed \u201cparliamentary capture\u201d. The lawyer replied the term [parliamentary capture] did not fit here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CJP says NAB amendments made by incomplete assembly ISLAMABAD The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Atta Bandial on Tuesday remarked the recent amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ordinance will slide Pakistan 100 points down in the world corruption index. The Supreme Court of Pakistan bench comprising the CJP, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, and Justice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-301119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n