NAB Ord neither NRO nor aimed at hiding corruption: Qureshi.

MULTAN -- Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi Sunday said the ordinance amending the law pertaining to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was neither an NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) nor aimed at hiding corruption.

Talking to media persons after attending the Qul Khawani of the mother of religious scholar Shafqat Bhutta here at Daulat Gate, he said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had zero tolerance for corruption.

The opposition parties, he said, were making an undue criticism over the NAB ordinance as it was their routine trend to criticise every step taken by the government.

He said the same opposition leaders were earlier demanding amendments in the NAB laws but now they had resorted to criticism without even going through the new ordinance, he added.

He said the businessmen community were disturbed to strict NAB laws, which ultimately was adversely affecting the country's economy. Some businessmen and government officials people were held by the NAB authorities due to procedural flaws, which had also put others in state of fear.

The procedural lapses had now been done away in the amended NAB ordinance and the businessmen should work without any fear, he added.

Qureshi said the Pakistan Peoples Party had also been demanding amendments in the NAB laws. The opposition parties better talk to the government and present their recommendations to further improve the law instead of doing criticism, he added.

The government, however, would not allow any misuse of public money, he said. There were other institutions to deal with tax evasion and some other issues, he added.

Responding to a question about India's Citizen Amendment Act (CAA), Foreign Minister said the whole world was noticing the recent development in the neighbouring country.

Protest demonstrations were being held not only across India but also in the capitals of important countries. The Modi government's ideology of Hindutva had been exposed before the world.

The Indian government hid its brutalities in the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir through information blackout but it could not conceal the public protests in its cities, which were jointly held by Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits and other communities, he added.

Even chief ministers of five Indian states, he said, refused to impose the CAA. The Indians today were divided into two, one section was supporting secularism while the other was working for imposing the extremist Hindutva...