The following amendments were done for making this illicit law as constitutionally legal.
1.Amendment of section 494, Act V of 1898.
(2)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sub-section(1), the Federal Government or a Provincial Government may, before the judgment is pronounced by a trial court, withdraw from the prosecution of any person including an absconding accused who is found to be falsely involved for political reasons or through political victimization in any case initiated between 1st day of January, 1986 to 12th day of October, 1999 and upon such withdrawal clause (a) and clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply.
(3)
For the purposes of exercise of powers under sub-section (2) the Federal Government and the Provincial Government may each constitute a Review Board to review the entire record of the case and furnish recommendations as to their withdrawal or otherwise.
(4)
The Review Board in case of Federal Government shall be headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court with Attorney-General and Federal Law Secretary as its members and in case of Provincial Government it shall be headed by a retired judge of the High Court with Advocate-General and/or Prosecutor-General and Provincial Law Secretary as its members.
(5)
A review Board undertaking review of a case may direct the Public Prosecutor or any other concerned authority to furnish to it the record of the case.
2. Amendment of section 18, Ordinance XVIII of 1999.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sub-section(1), the Federal Government or a Provincial Government may, before the judgment is pronounced by a trial court, withdraw from the prosecution of any person including an absconding accused who is found to be falsely involved for political reasons or through political victimization in any case initiated between 1st day of January, 1986 to 12th day of October, 1999 and upon such withdrawal clause (a) and clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply.
(3)
For the purposes of exercise of powers under sub-section (2) the Federal Government and the Provincial Government may each constitute a Review Board to review the entire record of the case and furnish recommendations as to their withdrawal or otherwise.
(4)
The Review Board in case of Federal Government shall be headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court with Attorney-General and Federal Law Secretary as its members and in case of Provincial Government it shall be headed by a retired judge of the High Court with Advocate-General and/or Prosecutor-General and Provincial Law Secretary as its members.
(5)
A review Board undertaking review of a case may direct the Public Prosecutor or any other concerned authority to furnish to it the record of the case.
2. Amendment of section 18, Ordinance XVIII of 1999.
Provided that no sitting member of Parliament or a Provincial Assembly shall be arrested without taking into consideration the recommendations of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Ethics referred to in clause (aa) or Special Committee of the Provincial Assembly on Ethics referred to in clause (aaa) of section 24, respectively.
Now a days,It has become a burning question in pakistan that why this law was made and who got benefited from this law.It is believed,about 8041 people amongst 34 politicians were the benificiaris of NRO and the ratio of such politicians and bureaucrates is 97%(7793) from sindh.
Moreover,The sinking Government is also under-pressure because most of the beneficiaries are also cabinet members of the present government.however,as the law would be curtailed all the cabinet members and bureaucrates will have to reliquesh their posts before appearing in the
court which might create another trouble.
Ridiculously,This law has encouraged by the politician as well as bureaucrats to commit more sin without any hinderence.
It is proclaimed by the federal law minister(Sindhu) yesterday that ppp wasnot the only party which got benefited from NRO but rather MQMs strength is more than other parties which not enjoyed the lust of power in this decay but also misruled the country.
Where as,Jahangir badar reported to have said that ppp leaders were ready to face the court.
Last but not the least,a retired justice wajihudden haider suggested by his arguments that those who were beneficiaries of NRO ,must be brought to the Supreme Court of Pakistan and thus he requested the senior judges to prosecute the NRO case fairly.even though,he rightly pointed out that those people who use to commit minor sins in our country ,are suffering from hard punishment but those who were financially-sound ,have never taken behind the bar once.
It can be summed up,All those laws were made by the then President Musharraf ,must be curtailed which he himself made for clearing his way to leave this country in the lurch.
