NOWSHERA: Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak on Sunday said that amendments will be made in the laws related to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in accordance with the directives of the Supreme Court (SC).
The top court, in November 2018, had suggested that the legislators could consider the amendment in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999 to enable an accused person to apply for bail to the court.
“In the changed scenario, the legislature may, if so advised, consider amending the NAO, 1999 appropriately so as to enable an accused person to apply for his bail before the relevant accountability court in the first instance,” Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarked in a ruling on the plea seeking to appeal against a Balochistan High Court (BHC) judgment, in which a person’s post-arrest bail was declined in an embezzlement case filed by the anti-graft body against him. Asif Khosa also recommended revising the “unrealistic timeframe” of the NAB which is 30 days.
While addressing workers convention in Nowshera, Khattak said that the government was trying to give maximum incentives to investors to put the country on the path of rapid industrialisation.
“The recent visits of the Prime Minister Imran Khan to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China have given fruitful results,” he said.