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Monday October 8 , 2012 7:59:36 PM
Federal government tabled the Accountability Bill 2012 in the National Assembly on Monday evening, while PML-N opposed the bill.
Presenting the Accountability Bill in the National Assembly, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek said that Pervez Musharraf's accountability laws were still going on in the country. He said that the government wants a new accountability bill.
Naek urged to pass the bill from Accountability Bill Committee till October 11.
The National Accountability Commission Act, 2010, has been a bone of contention between the PPP and PML-N since its presentation in the National Assembly on April 15, 2009, under the title “the Holder of Public Office (Accountability) Act, 2009”. Its title was changed afterwards.
After deliberating for one year, the NA committee on law and justice, headed by PPP’s Nasim Akhtar Chaudhry, passed the draft of the bill in April 2010 despite the opposition’s protest. The PML-N members in the committee submitted notes of dissent.
On Sept 6, PPP’s chief whip and Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah and Law Minister Farooq H. Naek handed over its draft to PML-N’s Ishaq Dar and Khwaja Asif. Leaders of the PPP expressed the desire to pass the law with a unanimous vote, but neither side has spoken about the bill since then.
The accountability bill has seen an exhausted discussion. The National Assembly standing committee on law and justice reportedly had held 30 meetings which saw several boycotts, walkouts and altercations between the opposition and treasury benches.
The PML-N is not happy with some clauses of the bill passed by the law and justice committee. The opposition party wants the head of the proposed National Accountability Commission (NAC) to be a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, but the government favours filling the position either by a sitting or a retired judge or any person qualified to be a judge of the Supreme Court.
The PML-N has also opposed immunity for a public office holder if an individual is found guilty of committing wrongdoing in ‘good faith’. It has also suggested that the commission be allowed to investigate cases dating back to 1947. But the bill proposes that the NAC will not carry out investigations into any crime committed before 1985.
PML-N opposed the bill as the party's suggestions in the bill were not given proper heed.
Presenting the Accountability Bill in the National Assembly, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek said that Pervez Musharraf's accountability laws were still going on in the country. He said that the government wants a new accountability bill.
Naek urged to pass the bill from Accountability Bill Committee till October 11.
The National Accountability Commission Act, 2010, has been a bone of contention between the PPP and PML-N since its presentation in the National Assembly on April 15, 2009, under the title “the Holder of Public Office (Accountability) Act, 2009”. Its title was changed afterwards.
After deliberating for one year, the NA committee on law and justice, headed by PPP’s Nasim Akhtar Chaudhry, passed the draft of the bill in April 2010 despite the opposition’s protest. The PML-N members in the committee submitted notes of dissent.
On Sept 6, PPP’s chief whip and Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah and Law Minister Farooq H. Naek handed over its draft to PML-N’s Ishaq Dar and Khwaja Asif. Leaders of the PPP expressed the desire to pass the law with a unanimous vote, but neither side has spoken about the bill since then.
The accountability bill has seen an exhausted discussion. The National Assembly standing committee on law and justice reportedly had held 30 meetings which saw several boycotts, walkouts and altercations between the opposition and treasury benches.
The PML-N is not happy with some clauses of the bill passed by the law and justice committee. The opposition party wants the head of the proposed National Accountability Commission (NAC) to be a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, but the government favours filling the position either by a sitting or a retired judge or any person qualified to be a judge of the Supreme Court.
The PML-N has also opposed immunity for a public office holder if an individual is found guilty of committing wrongdoing in ‘good faith’. It has also suggested that the commission be allowed to investigate cases dating back to 1947. But the bill proposes that the NAC will not carry out investigations into any crime committed before 1985.
PML-N opposed the bill as the party's suggestions in the bill were not given proper heed.
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