‘CJ, high court chief judges should appoint NAB chief’

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— Senator Siraj says NAB facilitates corruption, corrupt elements

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq on Monday reiterated his demand that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s chairman should be appointed by the superior judiciary.

Addressing a press conference at Idara Noor-e-Haq, he suggested that the Chief Justice of Pakistan and chief justices of all high courts should be authorised to appoint the NAB chairman. He alleged that instead of ensuring accountability, NAB had played the role of a facilitator for corruption and corrupt elements.

He said that recently a chairman of the bureau was sacked on corruption charges while the next chairman is yet to be appointed. He said that it is the right time for both the government and the leader of the opposition to show some dignity and hand over the powers of appointing a NAB chief to the superior judiciary.

He reiterated his demand to hold all those accountable whose names were enlisted in the Panamagate. He maintained that though a prime minister has been de-seated, the accountability of 436 people is still pending. Not only politicians and businessmen but judges and bureaucrats were also nominated in the Panamagate, he claimed, adding: ‘We want supremacy of law, merit and the constitution of the country.”

To a question, he said that the Articles 62 and 63 are part of the Constitution and no one would be allowed to repeal them as some elements were trying to do. On the occasion, he demanded Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to highlight the issues of Myanmar and Kashmir on all regional and international forums. He urged the premier to play his due role in this regard. He also demanded the Muslim counties and global community to discharge their responsibilities in this regard.

Talking about Kashmir, he said that Srinagar is not an option or choice for Pakistan but is a matter of life and death.

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