— Says cabal of crooks got corruption cases closed by amending NAB law instead of facing court trials
— Lambasts PDM ‘mafia’ for targeting Kashmiri leadership by sealing Centaurus Mall
ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at what he called “the cabal of crooks” for amending the NAB’s law to get their corruption cases closed, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said that NRO-2 was even more shameful that NRO-1 that cost the country dearly.
In a statement issued here, PTI Chairman said that in yet another shameful event in history of Pakistan, the cabal of crooks amended the NAB law to give themselves an NRO instead of getting their names cleared through court trials.
He said that the two crooked families and their associates looted the country’s resources and increased debt four times in ten years.
“NRO-2 is even more shameful, as Rs. 1100 billion corruption cases are being closed down. It’s a daylight robbery,” he added.
Sharing the details of NRO-2, Imran Khan said that with amendment of section 14, the condition for an accused to provide money trail for purchase of assets has been annulled, resultantly providing Nawaz Sharif an NRO.
Similarly, he said, the amendment in section 21(G) benefited Maryam Nawaz, as evidence from abroad shall not be entertained, thus her forgery case was closed.
Likewise, Khan added, under the amendment of section 9 (A) (V), the assets definition has been changed, resultantly the TT and falooda cases of Shehbaz Sharif, Asif Zardari and Bilawal have been closed.
Amendment of section- 4: Now the decisions of bureaucrats and politicians cannot be questioned, resultantly cases of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi would be closed.
Amendment of Section 18: The amendment of plea bargain has been amended under which any accused can refuse to pay his due amount without any fear of NAB trail. Only normal default proceedings will happen.
Amendment of section 9 (A) (VII): Amendment regarding issuance of malafide SROs has led to quashing of Toshakhana cases of Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Amendment of section 18 (C): Now the NAB cannot registered FIRs against any accused unless it provides inquiry report to him, thus the accused will go to court and stop all the proceedings. Any inquiry not completed in six months shall be closed. It will put an indecent haste in the system and would also compromise the quality of investigation.
Similarly, Money Laundering Act Amendment would lead to making the Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) redundant and it will not send STRS to NAB due to which money laundering would go out of NAB’s ambit.
Amendment of Section 9 (A) (X) & Section 5(S) would increase cheating the public at large. The graft case against Khawaja Saad Rafique will be closed. 76 persons are involved in the case.
Amendment of Section 5 (E): Benamidar definition has excluded dependents and associates. So its effect would mean that the corrupt may accumulate assets in names of their dependents and associates now and would go scot-free.
With Amendment of Section 23 abolished), the accused can now liquidate their assets after authorization of the case. This will jeopardise all assets case because of third party interest.
Amendment of section 24 (F) has been abolished. Now the Chairman cannot notify any police station or declare a palace as a jail. Thus, there would be no protection for approvers and witnesses. Likewise, the word President was replaced with federal government i.e. Ministry of Interior thereby NAB’s authority stands neutralised.
Amendment of Section 5 (U): Now civilian involved in connivance with the public office holder has been excluded from corruption. Resultantly, front men and commission agents of the corrupt will go scot-free.
Khan furious over sealing of Centaurus Mall
In a strong-worded statement, Imran Khan condemned the sealing of the Centaurus Mall by what he called the “PDM mafia”. Imran Khan said that the sealing of the Mall clearly indicated there was law of the jungle in Pakistan.
He said that sealing of the Centaurus Mall in a bid to settle scores with the PM AJK Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan for censuring Shehbaz Sharif for not mentioning the sacrifices of Kashmiris, actually reflected there was law of the jungle in the country for the last eight months.
PTI Chairman stated that the move would send negative signals to Kashmiris too. He asked the Honourable Judges to take action to prove they were upholders of the law.
