NRO Bill Disgrace to Parliament

PMLN Chief Nawaz Sharif said that NRO’s approval will be a disgrace to Parliament. He said that “Parliament must not fail in this vital test because it amounts to legalising corruption and cronyism”.

Dawn reports:

Political parties, he added, should not use parliament for legitimising corruption because it would set a disastrous precedent, destroying their credibility.

‘If approved, the ordinance will tarnish the country’s image,’ he warned.


The News reports:

He said if parliament passed the NRO, a legacy of the oppose the NRO inside parliament but lobby hard against its passage in both houses of the legislature,” PML-N spokesman Senator Pervez Rashid told The News.

Asked about Nawaz’s direct role in getting the NRO scrapped through the disapproval resolution, he said that the PML-N would not hesitate to seek his active participation in such a campaign.