KARACHI: The Sindh government submitted on Tuesday a plea to the Sindh High Court requesting it to review its earlier order regarding the jurisdiction of the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999 in the province.

The high court in its earlier ruling had ordered the for a list of MPAs who had voted for the NAO 1999 repeal bill 2017. 

The court had also ordered NAB to continue its investigation against provincial assembly members and bureaucrats and sought a list of government officials being probed by the anti-graft body.

In the application submitted today by the Sindh advocate general, it was stated that the Constitution aims to protect the parliamentary processes and the court cannot summon the details of the discussions within the Sindh Assembly.

Articles 69 and 127 of the Constitution provide protection to the parliamentary processes, mentioned the application. 

Opposition parties, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)?Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), jointly filed a petition in SHC challenging the controversial NAO 1999 Repeal Bill, 2017 (now Act) recently enacted by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led provincial government.

On July 3, the Sindh Assembly passed the 'anti-NAB bill', which seeks to revoke NAB?s power in the province. The bill was vehemently opposed by opposition members of the house. The law strips away NAB's powers to take action against provincial government officials in Sindh.

Court orders NAB to continue investigations against Sindh MPAs, bureaucrats

Opposition leaders had petitioned SHC against provincial govt's new 'anti-NAB' law

Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair refused to sign the bill twice and sent it back along with an objection note to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.

NAB is presently probing into corruption charges against over 60 bureaucrats and politicians including Law Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar, MPA Faqir Dad Khoso, Sharmila Farooqi, Sharjeel Memon, former chief secretary Siddiq Memon, Aijaz Chaudhry, former Member of Board of Revenue Shazar Shamoon, Secretary Badar Jameel, Ali Ahmed Lond, Managing Director Water Board Hashim Raza Zaidi, former Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq, MNA Mir Munawar Talpur, MPA Ali Mardan Shah, former administrator Karachi Rauf Akhter, and Former Chairman Inter Board Anwar Zai.