ISLAMABAD: The federal government introduced further amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law through an ordinance signed by acting president and Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, allowing the accountability watchdog to detain suspects over ‘non-cooperation’.
A notification signed by Mr Sanjrani stated, “The prime minister’s advice at para 6 of the summary is approved. The National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, is signed and promulgated.”
The ordinance signed around midnight also increased the duration of physical remand from 15 days to 30 days.
Under a recent amendment by the sitting government to the National Accountability Ordinance 1999, the duration of physical remand had been reduced from 90 days to 14 days.
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