{"id":318107,"date":"2023-03-08T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=318107"},"modified":"2023-03-08T00:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:00:31","slug":"govt-to-arm-new-nab-chief-with-more-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-to-arm-new-nab-chief-with-more-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt to arm new NAB chief with more powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe federal cabinet on Tuesday approved amendments to the laws to further empower the chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). As per the official sources, the federal cabinet approved the draft of NAB Laws (Amendment) Ordinance through circulation.<br \/>\n\u201cCases declared inadmissible by accountability court can be sent by the NAB chairman to any other relevant forum,\u201d the text of the ordinance read. \u201cThe NAB chairman will be able to review the case declared inadmissible and give approval to dispose of it,\u201d it added.<br \/>\n\u201cThe agency concerned will be able to open the case from the adjournment stage on the directions of the NAB chairman,\u201d it stated. \u201cOn receiving the case from NAB, the concerned body will have the authority to collect evidence afresh. Under the NAB amendments, the case cannot be transferred from one regional court to the other,\u201d it declared.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the absence of the NAB chairman, the deputy chairman will exercise the powers as chairman. In the absence of the deputy chairman, the federal government can delegate the powers of the chairman to any NAB officer,\u201d it stated.<br \/>\n\u201cA civil officer of grade-21 and an army officer of the rank of lieutenant general or major general can be appointed as the deputy chairman. Under the NAB amendments, the Senate deputy chairman has been included in the category of public officeholder,\u201d it said. Earlier in the NAB Act, the Senate chairman was included in the category of public officeholder. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved amendments to the laws to further empower the chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). As per the official sources, the federal cabinet approved the draft of NAB Laws (Amendment) Ordinance through circulation. \u201cCases declared inadmissible by accountability court can be sent by the NAB chairman to any other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-318107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to arm new NAB chief with more powers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-to-arm-new-nab-chief-with-more-powers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to arm new NAB chief with more powers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved amendments to the laws to further empower the chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). 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