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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) approved Thursday National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Bill 1999, formulating a post-retirement procedure for its chairman.
Following changes were made in the law:
- NAB’s deputy chairman will be the acting head of the watchdog when its chairman retires
- If the deputy chairman is absent then any senior officer will be given charge of the top post
- Tax-related matters have been excluded from NAB’s jurisdiction
- Provincial and federal cabinets’ decisions for enjoying financial benefits will not be under NAB’s ambit
- NAB will not probe irregularities in any development scheme or project
- NAB cannot take action over the decision of any regularity institution
- Judges’ appointments in accountability courts will be for a maximum three-year term
- Consultation with the concerned high court chief justice will be mandatory for the removal of an accountability court judge
- Consultation process for appointment of new NAB chairman will start two months prior to the incumbent’s retirement
- The consultation process for the appointment of a new NAB chairman will be completed in 40 days
- If the prime minister and the opposition leader fail to agree on any name for the coveted post, the matter will be sent to the parliamentary committee
- The parliamentary committee is bound to finalise the name for the post of NAB chairman in 30 days
- After completing a three-year term, a person cannot not be re-appointed to the post of NAB chairman