New Debate Heats up About Future of NRO Beneficiaries

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: NRO beneficiaries have started to devise their strategies after the issuance of a list making names of all the NRO beneficiaries public.
Politicians and other people included in the list say that decisions didn’t come on references against them for many years following which they had to take cover of NRO. Often people claim that they are innocents and were booked in fake cases. NRO will stand invalid on November 28 after which cases against all the NRO beneficiaries will reopen. However, Minister of State for Law Muhammad Afzal Sindhu says that cases against President Asif Ali Zardari cannot reopen.
PPP will fire some NRO beneficiaries: Rashid
About NRO beneficiaries Awami Muslim League Chairman Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said that PPP would sack some ministers and ambassadors who are beneficiaries of the NRO. He maintained that media has highlighted this issue so much that a decision on it is vital now. Rashid opined that judiciary would come into action if government didn’t take any decision in this regard.
Many important personalities among NRO beneficiaries: Zafar
Eminent lawyer and legal expert SM Zafar said that names of very important people have come on the front after the issuance of a list of NRO beneficiaries. He maintained that nature of the cases is also disclosed. “NRO beneficiaries can be divided into two groups. Some of them can be given relief. The NRO stands valid till November 28,” he added. Zafar told that NRO would be tried in the Supreme Court and after the decision of the court things would get clear.
PML-N always supported abolishment of NRO: Iqbal
Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Central Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal has a clear stance that NRO should be abolished. “PML-N has been accused of corruption in the past but now it is clear that PML-N is a transparent party,” he added.