Standing committee approves Accountability Commission Bill
NA Standing Committee on Law has approved National Accountability Commission Bill, 2012.
The meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice was chaired by Begum Naseem Chaudhry at the Parliament House on Wednesday.
Briefing the media after the meeting, Law Minister Farooq H Naek said that National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice has completed review of the revised draft of National Accountability Commission Bill which will be tabled in the National Assembly in the coming week for approval.
In the proposed bill the imprisonment on corruption charges has been reduced to seven years from 14 years. The government will present the new draft of the bill in the National Assembly during next week.
