'Changes to NAB law contempt of parliament'.

LAHORE -- Jamiat Ulema Pakistan president Pir Ijaz Hashmi says the National Accountability Bureau (amendment) Ordinance promulgated by the Presidency is in fact contempt of parliament as the highest institution has not been taken on board while enacting the new anti-graft law.

In a statement on Monday, Mr Hashmi said the new NAB law is yet another U-turn of the incumbent government to give protection to friends of the rulers.

He said the amended law comes at a time when the top watchdog against corruption was just to initiate...

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