PM gets power to remove NAB chief: NAB Ordinance amended again

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

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Less than a month after the promulgation of the ordinance, amending the NAB laws, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government made further amendments to the ordinance as President Dr Arif Ali Alvi promulgated the National Accountability (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 on Monday through which the powers of removing the NAB chairman have been withdrawn from the Supreme Judicial Council and vested in the President.

The NAB Third Amend Ordinance would come into force at once, and the amendments would be deemed to have taken effect on and from Oct 6, 2021; therefore, NAB would hear all cases of fraud from before October 6, as per the amended ordinance, while old cases of fake accounts would continue as before.

The issuance of the NAB Ordinance on October 6 had created ambiguity in the NAB rules, after which the law ministry had formed a committee to explain the ordinance.

In the promulgated NAB’s Third amendment ordinance, the cases of fraud and deception have been given back to NAB, while Modaraba cases have also been given back to NAB.

The clause 2 (b) ordinance stated: “Provided that notwithstanding, anything contained in any provision of ordinance, all proceedings including inquiries, investigations, references, or trials commenced under this ordinance, prior to the 6th of October 2021, in relation to offence under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (VII of 2010), shall be dealt in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, which existed prior to the 6th day of the October, 2021: Provided further that in relation to any proceedings, including reference or trial covered by the first proviso above, the courts under this ordinance shall have jurisdiction to enforce the Anti-Money laundering Act 2010 (VII of 2010).

The NAB ordinance would not provide any relief to former president Asif Ali Zardari, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Opposition leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and all money laundering cases and proceedings will continue as before.

Under the ordinance, the power to remove NAB chairman has been withdrawn from the Supreme Judicial Council and the power to remove NAB chairman will be vested in the President.

The term of office of NAB chairman will be 4 years while the removal of the NAB chairman will have the same ground of removal a Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan .

The NAB court has also been given the power to fix bail under the Third NAB Amendment Ordinance. The promulgated NAB Third amendment Ordinance read as, “Provided that where accused person is released on bail, the amount of surety shall be fixed in the manner just and fit by the court.” As per NAB Third Amendment ordinance, evidence should be recorded in the old way till the installation of electronic devices.

NAB Ordinance amended again: PM gets power to remove NAB chief

ISLAMABAD: Less than a month after the promulgation of the ordinance, amending the NAB laws, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government made further amendments to the ordinance as President Dr Arif...

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[Titanium100]

You increasingly come off like a legitimate journalist who has a bone to pick with the gov't and you do know that you can be targetted with (PECA) Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act aka Cyber law by the way this post is not related to this thread but other threads and posts you dropped I picked up on a certain pattern

 

[Mentee]

What zardari and navaz coundnt achieve I.k succeeded in turning an independent accountability agency into the regular anti corruption dept. Why just stop at that , disbandon the judiciary also and appoint someone from the executive as your chief judge.


@Norwegian your leader aint that bhola bhaala afterall.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1455452812951891973

You increasingly come off like a legitimate journalist who has a bone to pick with the gov't and you do know that you can be targetted with (PECA) Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act aka Cyber law by the way this post is not related to this thread but other threads and posts you dropped I picked up on a certain pattern

Would you like to share the clause of PECA which describes that sharing a news item from national newspaper is against the law?? You better comment on the post.

What zardari and navaz coundnt achieve I.k succeeded in turning an independent accountability agency into the regular anti corruption dept. Why just stop at that , disbandon the judiciary also and appoint someone from the executive as your chief judge.


@Norwegian your leader aint that bhola bhaala afterall.

Next step is to control to ECP.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Looks like political victimisation by the PTI Government didn't produce the desired results.

 

[Jazzbot]

This is a two edged sword. Yes, it will help speed up corruption cases against opposition and we'd probably be able to recover some stolen money from these goons. But power to remove NAB chairman is not good, can be easily abused in future by other parties as well.

 

[Imran Khan]

if he is kissing and hugging good why remove him?

 

[Titanium100]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1455452812951891973

Would you like to share the clause of PECA which describes that sharing a news item from national newspaper is against the law?? You better comment on the post.


Next step is to control to ECP.

I am just kidding with you mann

 

[313ghazi]

This is a two edged sword. Yes, it will help speed up corruption cases against opposition and we'd probably be able to recover some stolen money from these goons. But power to remove NAB chairman is not good, can be easily abused in future by other parties as well.

Exactly. This move only benefits Imran Khan, not the country. NAB should be independent of the politicans.

 

[313ghazi]

Jab independent thi to konsa teer mar liya tha NAB na?

Now NAB will be lapdog of whomever is PM. Party in power will always be innocent, opposition will always be corrupt. NAB might be inefficient, it might be corrupt, but it should be held to account by the courts, not by the PM.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

This is a two edged sword. Yes, it will help speed up corruption cases against opposition and we'd probably be able to recover some stolen money from these goons. But power to remove NAB chairman is not good, can be easily abused in future by other parties as well.

How it will speed up the cases??

I am just kidding with you mann

No, you were trying to harass me

 

[313ghazi]

Courts should also be under government independent courts have only created problems for the country

What happens to the country when courts and NAB are under the control of future PM Maryam Nawaz and Future PM Bilawal Bhutto?

Independent courts were also responsible for removing Pervaiz Ashraf, Pervez Musharraf, Yusuf Gilani, Nawaz Sharif. Sure they provide problems too, but in any successful state, they are independent. Independent does not mean unaccountable as it does in Pakistan.

 

[Jinn Baba]

PTI/IK should change their party slogan to - tumhara kutta kutta, hamara kutta tommy.

Anyone involved in corruption in Pakistan should just join PTI now - best get out of jail free card

 

[blueazure]

You increasingly come off like a legitimate journalist who has a bone to pick with the gov't and you do know that you can be targetted with (PECA) Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act aka Cyber law by the way this post is not related to this thread but other threads and posts you dropped I picked up on a certain pattern

can you please clarify how the OP's post qualifies as a crime ?

under what article of PECA 2016 , would you complain to FIA about this post ?

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i have reported you for harassment and threatening a fellow member who has merely shared a link from a news source

Exactly. This move only benefits Imran Khan, not the country. NAB should be independent of the politicans.

IK is turning into a bhutto of 70s

a fascist dictator, arrogant and lusty of power

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bullying ECP - check

bullying NAB - check

bullying businesses - check

bullying opposition with cases - check

free pass to his own crooks - absolutely check

 

[Norwegian]

What zardari and navaz coundnt achieve I.k succeeded in turning an independent accountability agency into the regular anti corruption dept. Why just stop at that , disbandon the judiciary also and appoint someone from the executive as your chief judge.
@Norwegian your leader aint that bhola bhaala afterall.

Independent accountability agency? Remember during Panama Case, SC had to form JIT as NAB failed to hold then PM Nawaz Sharif accountable.

Panama Papers case - Wikipedia

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Next step is to control to ECP.

ECP is already controlled by Darbari of your Mafroor Leader: Sikandar Raja.

Looks like political victimisation by the PTI Government didn't produce the desired results.

So why entire opposition is crying about these NAB amendments?

But power to remove NAB chairman is not good, can be easily abused in future by other parties as well.

So what? It's just an ordinance and temporary.

Exactly. This move only benefits Imran Khan, not the country. NAB should be independent of the politicans.

Problem is not NAB but NAB courts. There are less than 30 NAB courts for 1200 pending NAB cases.

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