PPP just passed pro corruption bill in Sindh assembly

[Kabira]

Meanwhile Niazi and Sharif's are busy in Islamabad in panamadrama, PPP just passed pro corruption bill in Sindh without any opposition.

Bill exempting Sindh govt from national accountability laws passed

After much frustration over the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) proceedings against several powerful individuals accused of corruption, the PPP-led provincial government in Sindh on Monday passed a bill to repeal the applicability of the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999 to the province, DawnNews reported.

The National Accountability Ordinance 1999 Repeal Bill 2017, introduced by the PPP, aimed to repeal the applicability of the NAO in departments and autonomous bodies controlled by the provincial government.

The bill drew a strong reaction from a well-prepared opposition, resulting in ruckus on the floor of the Sindh Assembly.

Without naming names, Leader of the Opposition Khawaja Izharul Hassan accused the ministers presenting the bill to be wanted by NAB. He added that multiple members of the assembly and ministers from PPP were also wanted by NAB.

PPP members, terming the current law a 'black law', added that they were acting within their constitutional right to revoke it and give greater powers to the provincial anti-corruption department.

In an attempt to convince them to support the bill, MPAs reminded Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) leaders, the party Hassan belongs to, that party stalwart Farooq Sattar had also had to suffer the NAB's 'heavy handedness'.

The provincial government will now have to establish a provincial commission on accountability. All corruption cases against provincial lawmakers and officials will be referred to an anti-corruption department overseen by the Sindh government.

Speaking to the media after the session, Hassan said the bill was a violation of Articles 248, 143, 8 and 31 of the Constitution.

"Article 31 clearly states that a law cannot be against Islamic teachings," Hassan said.

If the bill passes, PPP will become judges to their own acts, he said, adding that the responsibility of ensuring that the bill does not come into effect now lies with the Sindh governor.

"We will go to the courts and take to the streets," the opposition leader warned.

"Every time someone talks about corruption in the country, the PPP's name is on the top," he alleged.

The bill was tabled just a few days after NAB announced it would expand the scope of its investigation against alleged corruption and irregularities in different departments of Sindh, particularly in Karachi.

Recently, the bureau’s executive board had authorised an inquiry against officials of the Workers Welfare Board (WWB) and the revenue department of Gadap town in Karachi.

The board had also approved an inquiry against officers of Sindh police into the alleged embezzlement of funds.

Earlier, NAB Karachi had arrested Manzar Abbas, chairman of the Benazir Housing Cell (BHC), for alleged misappropriation of Rs367.5m of the cell’s funds.

The bureau is also currently investigating two cases relating to the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA).

The Sindh Assembly was to meet in August, but a session was unexpectedly summoned today after a cabinet meeting which decided to repeal the National Accountability Ordinance.

The opposition parties had already announced it would offer strict resistance to the bill. The opposition had also threatened it would take the issue to court.

Both the treasury and opposition benches had discussed their strategy with their members in two separate meetings before their final show of muscle in the assembly.

Hassan had also announced that if the bill was passed hurriedly without referring it to the relevant standing committee for evaluation, "we would appeal to the Sindh governor not to give his assent before the court’s decision on the matter".

He was of the opinion that if the Sindh government was keen to change the nomenclature of accountability with some other name, it could amend the law instead of repealing it.

He viewed that the 18th Amendment did not allow any provincial government to damage the concept of the federation because the province, under Article 143 of the Constitution, is not a separate state, but part of the federation.

Legal expert Shaiq Usmani had told DawnNews that under Article 143 of the Constitution, a provincial government can not repeal a law passed by the National Assembly. He further said that under Article 147 of the Constitution, the federal government can interfere if the Sindh government passes a law against NAB.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1342965/bill-exempting-sindh-govt-from-national-accountability-laws-passed

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

Great nawaz was slow I guess

 

[My-Analogous]

Meanwhile Niazi and Sharif's are busy in Islamabad in panamadrama, PPP just passed pro corruption bill in Sindh without any opposition.

Bill exempting Sindh govt from national accountability laws passed

I Congrats all Sindhi's who vote PPP, so that we all become slaves and PLEASE PLEASE do vote for PPP until we all got Shahdath because of PPP like your beloved BB. Best of luck

GA Bhutto

 

[sparten]

Central Enactment. A province cannot repeal it. Expect the Courts to strike it down in 4,3,2,1.....

 

[Syed1.]

Bhooki piyaasi mar gayi awaam leken koi masla nahi Bhutto tou ab bhi zinda hai

 

[Jf Thunder]

Central Enactment. A province cannot repeal it. Expect the Courts to strike it down in 4,3,2,1.....

yes, that was what I was asking, can a province make laws against Central/Federal Departments?

 

[RoadRunner401]

Khawaja Izharul want to know how politicians wanted by NAB are still in office

NAB isn't meant to catch anyone, its meant to be used as a tool to keep the smaller thief in line, so the bigger ones keep getting their fair share of the loot

New theme song for Sindh government Happy days, oh happy days are here again!

 

[Kabira]

Nothing on tv channels, they are busy with stupid panama drama/jit

 

[Emmie]

The court, SHC, will most prolly strike down the act, provided the act is impugned.

 

[Pakistansdefender]

What kind of system we have. It's like 5 different countries pushed together. Everyone wants to win Punjab to come into centre but they all ignore sindh under the pretence of 'it's a provincial matter'. They are going to vote Bhutto because they have no alternative. Pmln and pti do half hearted attempts to make their bases in sindh. We say people party is corrupt, yet we let them rule . They have full realization that they are not going to come in power. So they kind of making their own separate kingdom , where they can do as they please. No body is gonna check them as it is a provincial thing. I am so sad at this situation, the Urdu speaking in Karachi were kind of right, they are denied every right. It's about Urdu speaking Vs Sindhi. The Karachi problem was ppp and mqm, both of their militants used to fight each other and kill innocent people from the opposite side and loot as much as they can. Now alhumdulillah all that mess is over, but you can see that Urdu speaking people are really denied basic rights by sindh government. The mqm we all loath looks quite tame and pitiful, if you listen them now their demands are right. Besides in central ,no development, no nothing. Then they blame, other provinces took their money. Look at kpk, despite having hit so hard by terrorism and usual stereotypes, they are 1000s times better then sindh.
Even Baluchistan has better examination system then sindh. Baluchistan board is better then sindh. Baluchistan despite being poor is better then sindh.
It Is such a sad situation, who is going to Dave sindh from the evil of ppp. I don't say other parties are corruption free, but they certainly are lesser of the two evils.
Ppp is the kind of the corrupt party that the world has never seen.

There was a song on which jaiala's dance at b.b and z.a death anniversaries.
Jia Jia Jia Bhutto benazir
There second line would be
Mara Mara Mara Sindhi kami or Kameen.
This should be the song.

 

[Fledgingwings]

Chor Chor ko Pakre ga

 

[Dil Pakistan]

It should be challenged in SHC or SC and will be struck down on first hearing.

No assembly has powers to pass a bill that is contrary to the spirit of the constitution. In parliamentary democracy constitution is supreme (...and not the parliament).

 

[imadul]

Ghaddari taking advantage of panama turmoil. It will be his neck next. Ghaddari thinks he can have a neck of copper by getting law for corruption for him and cronies.

 

[Ranches]

Who is responsible, Imran Khan only, his soft stance towards Zardari party in enmity of Nawaz Sharif, is like windfall income to PPP.

 

[RedDesert]

Yes

What kind of system we have. It's like 5 different countries pushed together. Everyone wants to win Punjab to come into centre but they all ignore sindh under the pretence of 'it's a provincial matter'. They are going to vote Bhutto because they have no alternative. Pmln and pti do half hearted attempts to make their bases in sindh. We say people party is corrupt, yet we let them rule . They have full realization that they are not going to come in power. So they kind of making their own separate kingdom , where they can do as they please. No body is gonna check them as it is a provincial thing. I am so sad at this situation, the Urdu speaking in Karachi were kind of right, they are denied every right. It's about Urdu speaking Vs Sindhi. The Karachi problem was ppp and mqm, both of their militants used to fight each other and kill innocent people from the opposite side and loot as much as they can. Now alhumdulillah all that mess is over, but you can see that Urdu speaking people are really denied basic rights by sindh government. The mqm we all loath looks quite tame and pitiful, if you listen them now their demands are right. Besides in central ,no development, no nothing. Then they blame, other provinces took their money. Look at kpk, despite having hit so hard by terrorism and usual stereotypes, they are 1000s times better then sindh.
Even Baluchistan has better examination system then sindh. Baluchistan board is better then sindh. Baluchistan despite being poor is better then sindh.
It Is such a sad situation, who is going to Dave sindh from the evil of ppp. I don't say other parties are corruption free, but they certainly are lesser of the two evils.
Ppp is the kind of the corrupt party that the world has never seen.

There was a song on which jaiala's dance at b.b and z.a death anniversaries.
Jia Jia Jia Bhutto benazir
There second line would be
Mara Mara Mara Sindhi kami or Kameen.
This should be the song.

I can't agree more with your first statement, 5 politically and culturally diverse regions have been forged to form Pakistan, I read this in some British authors book(he had something to do with partition), also, Churchill remarked that these people ( Indians, Pakistanese and Bangladeshis, can't survive in unity for more than two decades, I wish he were alive), the British author further states that the forging of 5 regions hampered progress of Pakistan, especially after One Unit Theory was adopted.