PPP prepares amendments for NAB laws

Farooq H Naik gave a detailed briefing to Bilawal Bhutto on matters regarding amendment in NAB laws.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) on Thursday prepared amendments for the NAB laws.

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held consultations with the party leaders.

Senator Sherry Rehman, Farooq H Naik and Mustafa Nawaz Khokar were among those who met the PPP chairman.

Farooq H Naik gave a detailed briefing to Bilawal Bhutto on matters regarding amendment in NAB laws.

No justification of NAB to continue working

Earlier, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto had said that after the verdict of Supreme Court, there is no justification of NAB to continue working and it should be closed. He also challenged NAB that if it follows the Supreme Court judgment, then arrest all advisors, special assistants to prime minister and also conduct arrests in foreign funding case, BRT project, Malam Jabba and other cases.

Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Wednesday, Bilawal Bhutto said that a delegation of PML-N called on and they discussed different options and also formed committees for All Parties Conference of the opposition parties. A detailed agenda is being prepared for the APC keeping in mind the needs of the people of Pakistan. He said that the APC will be held after Shahbaz Sharif recovers from illness.

Chairman PPP said that Punjab which is the largest province with the most resources have been handed over to a team which is under training. Punjab could not fight Covid-19 effectively despite having the most resources on its disposal. Punjab government did not support doctors and medical workers.

He said that the government in Punjab is unable to run the affairs of the province. He said that Punjab is bread basket and if the agriculture in Punjab suffers due to inefficient government the entire Pakistan will suffer. PPP government brought agriculture boom in the country but now the food security of the country is threatened due to Punjab incapable and under training government. He said that the federal and Punjab government has pushed every Pakistani citizen towards danger.

Bilawal said that the Transparency International has declared this PTI government the most corrupt government in history. Who is doing corruption now, he asked. The PTI admits that there is corruption then who is doing this corruption. He said that Ali Zaidi makes money in BRT project for Imran Khan. There is corruption in billion trees, Malam Jabba and auditor general has declared the 270 billion worth of corruption and irregularities in government departments. Transparency International has said that there is a corruption of 118 billion rupees in postal services.

The government cronies made billions in flour, sugar and petrol corruption.

This money was taken out of the pockets of the people.

Chairman PPP said that he had always said that NAB is being used for political engineering and now the Supreme Court has also said this. He read out from the Supreme Court verdict and said that after this verdict there is no justification of existence of NAB. If the NAB chairman has any shame then he should resign and go home, he demanded.

After reading some parts of the Supreme Court verdict, he said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s and his own stance about NAB has been proved correct. Supreme Court has verified what we had been saying for years. Now, the Parliament should legislate for across the board accountability.

Bilawal said that the results of the selected governments are before us. The economy, democracy and the society suffer the most due to such selected governments. Everybody is in loss when an engineered government is imposed upon the people of Pakistan. He said that now the joke that is NAB should end. The country is about to enter in its worst economic crisis. We are going through a pandemic and attacks on our crops by locusts. Now, the political engineering should end. The government is trying to bring legislation in the name of FATF which will usurp all basic human rights. The PPP has always been ready o support legislation against terrorism but if you do not fight terrorism then PPP cannot support the government.

Responding to questions from journalists, Bilawal Bhutto said that all the people which are under NAB’s arrest should be released including Khursheed Shah.

He said that PPP condemns NAB for calling Shehbaz Sharif to appear before it. No one should play politics on anybody’s health. Shehbaz Sharif is a cancer patient, he said that working relation of PPP and PML-N is cordial. We will work together.

He said whatever decision has to be taken; it will be taken jointly by the opposition. He said that PPP never talked about minus one and will never do so; it was the prime minister himself who mentioned minus one about himself in the National Assembly.

Chairman PPP demanded level playing field for PPP and PML-N. Everyone should have equal opportunity for politics. He said that Imran Khan was never destined to be a prime minister but he was imposed on the nation. If this trend continues, then the situation will be out of control and no political party or selectors will be able to control the wrath of the people. PPP will always be a part of democratic process. He reminded that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto stopped Nawaz Sharif from becoming Ameer-ul-Momineen with only seventeen seats in the national assembly. We will continue to tread the path of democracy. PPP has always been a victim of political engineering.