Govt will never offer any kind of NRO to opposition: Shibli
Last updated on: 21 December,2020 07:25 pm
Govt will never offer any kind of NRO to opposition: Shibli
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Minister for Information and Broadcasting Syed Shibli Faraz has said the government will never offer any kind of NRO to the opposition.
Speaking at a news conference in Islamabad today (Monday), he said the opposition had proposed 34 out of 38 amendments in the National Accountability Ordinance to hide corruption of its leadership committed in the past.
He said they pressurized the government by proposing these amendments, at a time when the government was seeking opposition s cooperation in Financial Action Task Force related legislation to bring Pakistan out of FATF s grey list.
Syed Shibli Faraz said the opposition proposed that NAB should not have powers to take up cases reported before 1999 and should only take notice of corruption cases reported in the last five years.
He said the opposition also suggested that corruption cases of less than one billion rupees, willful default or writing off loan, and offence of money laundering should stay out of NAB s purview.
The Minister said another proposal is to change the definition of Benamidars, giving free hands to make corruption in the name of wife and children. It was proposed to allow convicts to contest elections till final disposal of their cases and disqualification should be up to only five years.
He said opposition desired to make redundant the international mutual legal assistance law and dealing it under law of evidence of Pakistan.
Syed Shibli Faraz said these amendments if incorporated will grant corrupt leaders of opposition an NRO plus, making the NAB practically dysfunctional.
He said the gang of corrupt leaders is misleading the people by holding mass gatherings in the country. He said the opposition attempted to create a divide among institutions responsible for country s security.
He said the government is functioning as per law and the Constitution. He said the PTI-Government will fulfill all its pledges, including provision of 10 million jobs and five million houses, in its five-year term.
He said things are improving in all sectors, which is evident from the fact that country s exports are now increasing with every day.