Finance Bills Delay As Hafeez Sheikh Missing In Action.

Islamabad: Five key finance bills, including the one that was aimed to fulfil the requirements of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) have been facing blockade, as Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Hafeez Sheikh has not attended even a single meeting of both the standing committees of National Assembly (NA) and Senate, since he has taken charge in April 2019.

According to a report, NA Standing Committee on Finance unanimously decided that all government bills would be considered in the meeting, when finance adviser would attend the meeting and brief the members about all the under-consideration bills.

The report further revealed that Hafeez Sheikh has never attended any meeting of the standing committees of both the national assembly and the senate since taking over the portfolio in April 2019.

A total of six bills moved by the...