ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has returned the National Accountability (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to the parliament for reconsideration after observing that the amendments brought earlier in the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 were sub-judice before the Supreme Court.
The president sent back the piece of legislation, in terms of clause (1) (b) of Article 75 of the Constitution, said President Secretariat Press Wing in a press release on Sunday. The president observed that this aspect of the legislation was neither referred to in the bill nor in the prime minister’s advice.
He observed that without considering the implications of a pending matter, further amendments in the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 should be reconsidered. Earlier, the prime minister had sent advice seeking assent of the president over the said bill. — APP
