NRO to be tabled in NA today?

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NRO to be tabled in NA today

Thursday, 15 Oct, 2009 11:53 pm


SLAMABAD : The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) will be presented in the National Assembly for debate today (Friday), Aaj News reported.

According to the channel, the apex court in its July 31 verdict had asked for presenting all the ordinances including the NRO, promulgated by the former President, General Pervez Musharraf (retd) after declaring emergency on November 03, in the parliament for approval.

Earlier, the government had presented several ordinances in the parliament and the Senate, while the NRO is being presented today.

Meanwhile, PML-Q leader Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi has said his party would continue to boycott NA because suspension of NA membership of Faisal Saleh Hayyat for one day was unilateral and unjustified.

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[Student]

NRO= ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY

Gen. Musharraf's ultimate mistake that has led Pakistan to the state that we are in today. If the Parliament acknowledges this bill it will mean the following:

1. Criminals can squander billions from the Treasury with complete immunity.

2. Criminals are allowed to kill innocent people without ever facing trial.

3. Criminals can't be held responsible for any of their past deeds because Mr Musharraf issued a magic wand to ward of evil.

Of course the PPP and MQM ANP will vote in favour of the bill because they are the main benefactors of this bill. While PML, PML(N), etc etc
will say we tried our best opposing it. Just as these hypocrites did with KLB. The thing will go through anyways.

This way we will have a legal precedent in the countries judicial system that if you are affiliates of any political party in any walk of life be it executive legislature or judiciary you cannot be prosecuted because of you being political

Average Pakistan will be thrown behind bars for decades while he does not even get a single hearing but if you are a political scoundrel of some type you can just roam about with complete immunity and even become the president of the country.

 

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Govt decides not to table NRO in parliament

* MQM, ANP, PML-F refuse to support NRO
* Allies ask PPP to tap other means to deal with situation emanating from NRO’s withdrawal

By Irfan Ghauri

ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday decided against tabling the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance in parliament for approval.

In a statement issued by the Presidency after a high-level meeting of the ruling alliance, President’s Spokesman Farhatullah Babar said, “The meeting endorsed the position taken by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the floor of the House on Monday and decided not to take the NRO to parliament.”

Prime Minister Gilani, JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman, ANP chief Asfandyar Wali and MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar held a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari before the president addressed parliamentarians of the ruling coalition at a dinner meeting. He told them that he had mandated the prime minister to continue consultations with the political parties for a political conciliation.

‘Legal and constitutional’: Sources privy to the meeting told Daily Times that the allied parties asked the Pakistan People’s Party to withdraw the NRO and tap other “legal and constitutional” means to deal with the situation emanating from the withdrawal of the NRO.

They said opposition from some senior party leaders and allies led the government to “go on the back foot” regarding its stance on the NRO as the MQM, the ANP and the PML-Functional had refused to support the legislation during a vote in parliament. The sources said under immense public pressure, the JUI-F was inclined to abstain from voting, leaving the PPP in a dilemma to get the controversial law passed by parliament.

Earlier, addressing the National Assembly, Gilani said, “We have yet to determine what to do (regarding the NRO). We have not brought it to parliament (for approval)... we are considering it and holding consultations with our allies and other friends.” The prime minister said the government would not do anything that could derail the democratic system in the country.


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Who are real beneficiaries of NRO?
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
By Usman Manzoor

ISLAMABAD: After the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) debacle in parliament, a new debate has started over who is maintaining the complete list of the NRO beneficiaries.

Sources in the National Accountability Bureau said the NAB was not maintaining any list of the NRO beneficiaries. “However, if any competent authority, court or parliament demanded the list, then the Accountability Courts concerned could be asked to furnish the same,” the sources said.

They added: “At present, we are not maintaining an organised list of the beneficiaries.”The sources said the NAB had been maintaining the record of cases that had been decided in courts and it could compile a list of the beneficiaries, if asked for it. However, there are thousands of cases dealt under the notorious law, of which the NAB has no clue.

The sources said three top political leaders and their cohorts had benefited from the NRO, while the number could rise in thousands if criminal cases were also included in the list.Former attorney-general Malik Muhammad Qayyum, while talking to The News, said that during his tenure, no such list was maintained. He, however, said the list of the NRO beneficiaries was either with the NAB or with the provincial law ministries. He said the number of the NRO beneficiaries in Sindh alone was over 2,200. He said apart from the NAB, it was the duty of the provincial law ministries and the provincial persecution departments to maintain a list of cases dealt under the NRO, along with its beneficiaries.

Acting Attorney-General Shah Khawar, advocate, said his office had no such list, adding that the list must be available with the NAB.NAB Prosecutor-General Danishwar Malik referred to some other person in the bureau, as he did not have any clue of the list of the NRO beneficiaries. Some officials in the NAB hinted that the list might be with NAB Chairman Naveed Ahsanm, but he could not be contacted.

Who are real beneficiaries of NRO?

 

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Presidency still trying to push NRO through parliament
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Munir says SC to review president’s immunity if cases revived
By Kamran Khan

KARACHI: Notwithstanding the past midnight announcement of a presidential retreat on the NRO, President Asif Ali Zardari still wants Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to redouble his efforts to win parliamentary support for its passage, according to several political and official sources with direct knowledge of deliberations at the Presidency late on Monday night.

“President Zardari only agreed to defer the decision to table the NRO in the National Assembly so that the PPP might get its act together with other coalition partners on this issue,” according to a participant of the meeting.

The prime minister and other coalition partners who met the president had desired that he should forget the NRO in the best interest of democracy, but their plea met a strong resistance from the president.

Other sources confirming this account said that during late night meeting on Monday President Zardari was visibly restless and extremely disturbed over rapid developments on Monday that saw the MQM publicly revolting against him on NRO issue; PML-F leader Pir Pagara firming up his opposition and a majority of Fata members making an unprecedented declaration of not subscribing to President Zardari on this contentious issue.

“President Zardari, in presence of other participants, told Prime Minister Gilani that he didn’t come to his expectations of managing the coalition partners for a speedy passage of the NRO through the National Assembly,” another participant said.

Unimpressed by the president’s views that efforts can still be made to galvanize support for NRO, Prime Minister Gilani stood his ground on NRO by declaring on the floor of the National Assembly, second time in 24 hours, on Tuesday that he was not interested in tabling the NRO in the National Assembly and desired across the board political harmony to meet serious challenges facing the country.

Disturbed with the premier’s inability to harness enough political support for the passage of the NRO, President Zardari is launching last-ditch efforts to convince political allies and members of the Parliament from Fata to vote for the NRO before the deadline for its approval from the Parliament expires on November 30.

In fresh moves Zardari will meet a key MQM leader on Wednesday, while his trusted aide and Interior Minister Rehman Malik will fly overseas this week for another attempt to push for an MQM retreat on the NRO.

Separately, Zardari has renewed contact, through an intermediary, with Pir Pagara and have requested Maulana Fazlur Rahman to approach Fata members who appeared to be on warpath with him.

Moves were afoot Tuesday to figure out how many PML-Q parliamentarians, earlier cultivated by Governor Punjab Salman Taseer would be prepared to vote for the NRO. A well placed official also disclosed that consultations were made to explore legal avenues to introduce content in the NRO through a new bill so that identification of NRO with former President Musharraf might be neutralized.

Presidency, informed sources said, is desperate for the NRO passage to avoid a scenario under which at least five corruption cases against President Zardari would stand revived once it failed to earn parliamentary approval before the end of this month.

“If these corruption cases are revived against the president, the Supreme Court would examine the validity of immunity available to the president under the constitution, “according to Munir A Malik, former president of the Supreme Court Bar association. “Most importantly this would invoke the articles of the constitution that deals with the qualification of the President of Pakistan, “ Munir Malik opined.

Presidency still trying to push NRO through parliament

 

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Dubai Chalo
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Urgent MQM-govt talks today
News Desk

KARACHI: An urgent damage control meeting between the top MQM leadership and Interior Minister Rehman Malik will be held in Dubai today (Thursday) after Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad dashed to the UAE commercial hub hours after meeting President Asif Zardari in Islamabad.

No details of the governor-president meeting were available but sources said a last-ditch attempt was being made by the government to bring the MQM back into the coalition fold, specially on the NRO issue.

While the governor left for Dubai on Wednesday night, a strong delegation of the MQM leaders led by Anwar Bhaijan was flying in from London to join the talks with Malik.According to sources, the talks would also focus on the resignation of the president. The MQM was of the view that the president should show grace by quitting his post and not becoming controversial. The MQM also wants the removal of the president’s close aides, who were responsible for the present crisis.

There were reports in Islamabad that the MQM may have presented a long list of demands, including continuation of the Nazim of Karachi in his present position and several others which the PPP will find hard to accept because it would alienate the rural constituency of the party.

Sources in Dubai, however, said the MQM had closed its doors “and they have gone to sleep” and no hush-hush meetings could reverse their position at this stage.The fate of the NRO was also sealed by the JUI-F when its leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, declared in Islamabad that the party will vote against the controversial law if it ever came for a vote in parliament.

Dubai Chalo