‘Loans written off through NAB law amendment’

Rs2,400 billion waived as 95 cases disposed of

ISLAMABAD:

PTI leader Babar Awan on Saturday lashed out at the PML-N led government saying loans of billions of rupees had been written off through six amendments in the NAB law.

Addressing a news conference at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Islamabad House, the PTI leader said accountability was not held across the board as 95 cases were disposed of.

“The cases that were disposed of did not involve any patwari or clerk but big criminals,” he said.

“An amount of Rs2,400 billion was waived through NRO-2,” he added.

Awan maintained that the NAB amendment would be applicable from January 1, 1985, adding that all the offences before this period had been abolished.

He noted that according to the NAB amendment, assets of the family members of the accused would not be considered as his.

“Through this amendment [in the NAB law] a person can commit corruption and open an account in his family members’ name [and deposit the money in it].”

He said the economy of the country was collapsing and that countries were now hesitant in giving loans to Pakistan.

To Premier Shehbaz Sharif’s claims that Rs20 billion had been disbursed among the flood victims, Awan said the government should give details of the money spent.