Pointing out flaws, PTI rejects proposed accountability bill

Pointing out flaws, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rejected on Tuesday the draft of the National Accountability Commission Bill (NAC) 2017.

In a written statement, party’s senior leader Shireen Mazari raised objections on the proposed draft. Law Minister Zahid Hamid is heading the parliamentary committee, which is reviewing the bill.

“The contents of the NAC bill show it does not introduce a single measure of reform that would improve the current accountability process or bring corrupt elements to task,” it said.

On behalf of the PTI, Mazari said the bill will instead prove an impediment to the process of accountability. It also does not say as to when the process of accountability shall begin, it added.

She also opposed making the proposed investigation agency answerable to the incumbent National Accountability Bureau chairman, and giving him the right to pardon a corruption-accused.

The party rejected setting seven years as minimum punishment for those retrieving the misappropriated money, and voluntary return of any such amount.

The PTI objected on the clause relating to the release of an accused on bail if a trial is not completed within a year.

It demanded NAB courts be retained for hearing the cases of corruption.

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