ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) staged a walk out of the National Assembly on Tuesday to register their protest against the promulgation of the NAB Ordinance 2010.
PML-N MNA Zahid Hamid said that through the ordinance the petitions of one province have been transferred to another thus shifting the powers from the Supreme Court to the federal government.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Babar Awan said that Prime Minister Gilani knew about the issuance of the amended ordinance in advance.
Addressing the National Assembly, Awan said the summary for the issuance of ordinance had been sent to the Principal Secretary of the Prime Minister on September 6.
On September 7, Prime Minister Gilani sent his advice for the issuance of ordinance to the President, Awan said.
The summary was signed by the President on September 8 and was returned to the law ministry the following day, he added.
“The Law Ministry issued an official gazette notification for the issuance of amended NAB Ordinance 2010,” Awan said.
Under the amended ordinance, the NAB chairman’s powers have been considerably reduced and only the government will have the authority to transfer cases from one court to another.
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